Genetics
Q&A: Understanding Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Dear Mayo Clinic: What is Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and what causes it? Is treatment available? Can Duchenne muscular dystrophy be cured?
May 30, 2019
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News tagged with muscular dystrophy
Medical research
Lithium boosts muscle strength in mice with rare muscular dystrophy
Standing up from a chair, climbing stairs, brushing one's hair – all can be a struggle for people with a rare form of muscular dystrophy that causes progressive weakness in the shoulders and hips. Over time, many such people ...
Apr 22, 2019
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Medical research
Boosting muscle stem cells to treat muscular dystrophy and aging muscles
Lying within our muscles are stem cells, invisible engines that drive the tissue's growth and repair. Understanding the signal(s) that direct muscle stem cells to spring into action could uncover new ways to promote muscle ...
Apr 17, 2019
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Neuroscience
Five Australian patients to trial new brain reading device to help speech and movement
The Stentrode is a device that is placed inside a blood vessel of the brain located in an area that controls movement (motor cortex). It is the only investigational technology of its kind that does not require open brain ...
Apr 8, 2019
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Medical research
Cardiac dysfunction in Duchenne's
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a severe muscle disease that causes progressive muscle weakening and degeneration.
Apr 5, 2019
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Neuroscience
Study identifies new approach to repairing damaged peripheral nervous system
A new University of Virginia study proves that a damaged peripheral nervous system is capable of repairing itself—when healthy cells are recruited there from the central nervous system. The finding has implications for ...
Apr 2, 2019
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Medical research
Help may be on the way for people with muscular dystrophy
Researchers in Florida never expected this much success with a drug they're developing to treat muscular dystrophy.
Mar 27, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Muscle gene mutations implicated in human nasal/sinus cancer
By sequencing the entire genomes of tumor cells from six people with a rare cancer of the nose and sinus cavity, Johns Hopkins researchers report they unexpectedly found the same genetic change¾one in a gene involved in ...
Feb 27, 2019
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Medical research
New breakthroughs for muscular dystrophy research
A new study by Illinois State University's Andrés Vidal-Gadea is breaking ground in the field of muscular dystrophy research.
Feb 15, 2019
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Medical research
Study provides new insight into use of cell replacement therapies to treat muscular dystrophies
The University of Minnesota Medical School continues its legacy of advancing cell replacement therapies with a scientific breakthrough that highlights the promise of cell therapies for muscular dystrophy.
Feb 14, 2019
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