R01 grant funds white matter protection study for congenital heart disease | Children's National

R01 grant funds white matter protection study for congenital heart disease | Children's National

R01 grant funds white matter protection study for congenital heart disease Nobuyuki Ishibashi, M.D., was recently awarded a $3.2 million NIH R01 grant to see if providing a supplemental amount of tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) for pregnant women could rescue white matter development of fetuses with congenital heart disease whose brains aren’t receiving enough oxygen.