Congratulations to the Ferguson Spine Lab investigators on the funding notice of their R01 grant, “Metabolic Symbiosis: Lactate as an Epigenetic Regulator and a Biofuel in Age-dependent Intervertebral Disc Degeneration.” Co-Principal Investigators on the project are Drs. Nam Vo and Gwen Sowa; co-investigators are Drs. Joon Lee and Pete Alexander.
Funded in September 2022, the project will receive nearly $2 million in total costs throughout July 2027.