London, Montreal hospitals launch $400K research into kids' bone diseases

Children’s Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre and Montreal-based Shriners Hospitals for Children Canada have launched a joint research initiative focused on rare childhood bone disorders.

Following what LHSC described as a “competitive internal grant competition,” the Shriners organization is providing $400,000 to support the Skeletal Tracking to Accelerate Research (STAR) program – an “ambitious effort to uncover the mechanisms” behind rare bone diseases and improve care for children across Canada.

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“Without funding, we can’t bring people together, we can’t get going, we can’t set up our platforms, so this is a critical enabler that essentially ignites the STAR research program,” said co-lead Leanne Ward, a pediatric endocrinologist at Children’s Hospital.

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