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 ...
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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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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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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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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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Experimental gene therapy cassettes for Duchenne muscular dystrophy have been modified to deliver better performance. The cassettes, which carry the therapy into muscle cells, contain newer versions of a miniaturized treatment ...
Feb 1, 2019
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Researchers at The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa have discovered a new way to treat the loss of muscle function caused by Duchenne muscular dystrophy in animal models of the disease. As reported in Cell Stem ...
Jan 31, 2019
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People with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) can develop an otherwise-rare muscle cancer, called rhabdomyosarcoma, due to the muscle cells' continuous work to rebuild the damaged tissue. However, little is known about how ...
Jan 15, 2019
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To help patients with muscle disorders, scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) have engineered a new stem cell line to study the conversion of stem cells into muscle. Findings appeared ...
Dec 12, 2018
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Myotubular myopathy is a severe genetic disease that leads to muscle paralysis from birth and results in death before two years of age. Although no treatment currently exists, researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), ...
Nov 19, 2018
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