Health
The biometrics of sports success—it's all in the hands
Take a minute to look at your hands and pay special attention to the difference in length between your index finger and ring finger. This is your digit ratio.
Aug 18, 2017
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Medical research
New test for screening of Duchenne muscular dystrophy in newborn babies
Researchers at Cardiff University and Cardiff and Vale University Health Board have developed a more reliable method of screening for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in newborn babies.
Aug 11, 2017
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Genetics
Opinion: Why we should be worried about gene-carrier screening
The ability to cheaply and quickly sequence entire genomes is changing the way diseases are identified and treated. But it is also likely to change the way we make some of the most important and personal decisions of our ...
Aug 2, 2017
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Medical research
Gene transfer corrects severe muscle defects in mice with Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a rapidly progressive disease that causes whole-body muscle weakness and atrophy due to deficiency in a protein called dystrophin. Researchers at the University of Missouri, National Center ...
Jul 27, 2017
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Medical research
Microdystrophin restores muscle strength in Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Researchers from Genethon, the AFM-Telethon laboratory, Inserm (UMR) and the Royal Holloway University of London demonstrated the efficacy of an innovative gene therapy in the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Indeed, ...
Jul 25, 2017
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Genetics
Researchers find genetic factors that cause muscle weakness, wasting disorder
For years, the underlying process that causes a debilitating muscle disorder in infants and young children has been largely unknown. Now, a group that includes University of Florida Health genetics researchers has identified ...
Jul 11, 2017
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Neuroscience
Miami project presents data demonstrating therapeutic potential of SRK-015 in SCI
The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, a Center of Excellence at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, in collaboration with Scholar Rock, a biotechnology company focused on discovering and developing drugs that ...
Jul 10, 2017
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Medical research
Designed proteins to treat muscular dystrophy
The cell scaffolding holds muscle fibers together and protects them from damage. Individuals who suffer from muscular dystrophy often lack essential components in this cell scaffold. As a result, their muscles lack strength ...
Jun 28, 2017
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Medical research
Muscle growth finding may assist with cancer treatment
Monash University's Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) researchers have collaboratively developed a therapeutic approach that dramatically promotes the growth of muscle mass, which could potentially prevent muscle wasting ...
Jun 13, 2017
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Medical research
Gene therapy leads to long-term benefits in dog model of devastating childhood disease
Researchers who previously showed that a gene therapy treatment could save the lives of dogs with a deadly disease called myotubular myopathy—a type of muscular dystrophy that affects the skeletal muscles—have found that ...
Jun 8, 2017
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