Nizar was named the 2018 Nebraska Mother of the Year by the American Mothers in Nebraska in March at the State Capitol.
Neena Nizar with Harvard Medical School researchers, from left, Harald Jueppner, Thomas Gardella and John Potts. A research agreement between Harvard Medical School and the National Institutes of Health aims to develop a therapy for the condition that affects Nizar.
Nizar was named the 2018 Nebraska Mother of the Year by the American Mothers in Nebraska in March at the State Capitol.