New project commits $13M to study biological mechanisms of rare congenital heart defect

Stephanie Nakano, MD, associate professor of pediatrics, [in the Section of Cardiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine] is leading a research team that received funding from the American Heart Association and Additional Ventures to study the immune system of people with single ventricle heart disease. Stephanie’s team is one of five selected to share $13 million for research projects to learn more about the biological mechanisms of this rare congenital heart defect.