http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Jacob Rutt is a bright 11-year-old who likes to draw detailed maps in his spare time. But the budding geographer has a hard time with physical skills most children take for granted—running and climbing trees are beyond him, and even walking can be difficult. He was diagnosed with a form of muscular dystrophy known as Duchenne when he was two years old. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-experimental-gene-therapy-treatment-duchenne.html Genetics Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:49:32 EST news279478154 A team of researchers at the UC Davis Institute for Regenerative Cures has developed a technique for using stem cells to deliver therapy that specifically targets the genetic abnormality found in Huntington's disease, a hereditary brain disorder that causes progressive uncontrolled movements, dementia and death. The findings, now available online in the journal Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, suggest a promising approach that might block the disease from advancing. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-important-huntington-disease.html Neuroscience Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:49:03 EST news246210517