$16 million for NF Research

April 18 2011

Posted in Advocacy

NF, Inc. Network is pleased to announce that Congress has appropriated $16 million through the Department of Defense’s Army’s NF Research Program for fiscal year 2011.  We are truly grateful to the members of Congress who understand the importance of NF research.  NF research not only benefits individuals with NF, but also the men and women who serve in the military. 

NF research increases knowledge of nervous system impairment and war-related illnesses and injury.  Because NF manifests itself in the nervous system, the Army-supported research on NF addresses peripheral nerve regeneration after injury from such things as missile wounds and chemical toxins.  Findings generated by research on NF can make important progress in our understanding of wound healing and regeneration of brain tissue after brain injury, pain management, imagining of the brain as well as in investigating genetic mechanisms which involve not only the nervous system, but also cancers, cognitive function and other diseases affecting military personnel.