Are there any research projects on moyamoya being done at Childrens Hospital Boston?
We have had a longstanding interest in trying to learn more about moyamoya disease in the hopes of ultimately developing better treatments for children affected by this disease, including ongoing research initiatives in collaboration with many other scientists and physicians at Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and elsewhere. Current projects include learning about how the blood vessels change in response to the disease and its treatment, how cerebral blood flow is altered in patients with moyamoya, and what factors in the blood or cerebrospinal fluid might be involved in the development and progression of this disease. If you are interested in learning more about these research initiatives, please let us know and we would be glad to discuss them with you in more detail. We welcome contributions to our Moyamoya research fund — such contributions are becoming more and more necessary in these years of diminishing federal support for medical research.
