Medical research
FDA rejects muscular dystrophy drug, says it doesn't work
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has rejected an experimental drug for a common type of muscular dystrophy.
Oct 25, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
C-Path and CDISC announce therapeutic area user guide for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Critical Path Institute (C-Path) and The Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) announce the open availability of a Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Therapeutic Area User Guide ( TAUG-DMD v1.0), which describes ...
Oct 18, 2017
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Chronic inflammation plays critical role in sustained delivery of new muscular dystrophy therapy
Macrophages, a type of white blood cell involved in inflammation, readily take up a newly approved medication for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and promote its sustained delivery to regenerating muscle fibers long after ...
Oct 16, 2017
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What's the next step for exon skipping therapies to treat duchenne muscular dystrophy?
A team of leading European clinicians and scientists presents a unique perspective on how to move forward in the development of exon skipping therapies to treat the severe muscle-wasting disease Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy ...
Oct 16, 2017
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Genetics
'CRISPR-Gold' fixes Duchenne muscular dystrophy mutation in mice
Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have engineered a new way to deliver CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology inside cells and have demonstrated in mice that the technology can repair the mutation that causes ...
Oct 3, 2017
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Restoring breathing capacity in Duchenne muscular dystrophy by activating the brain
New research published in The Journal of Physiology today suggests that enhancing breathing via the brain may limit deficiencies in respiratory capacity in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients.
Sep 27, 2017
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Medical research
Researchers replicate FSH muscular dystrophy in mice
A new study published in the journal Nature Communications describes a breakthrough in research related to facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). The debilitating genetic disease - which has no approved treatment ...
Sep 15, 2017
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Genetics
Mutation found in patients without a nose
A mutated gene in patients lacking a nose has been identified by an international team, a first step toward understanding nose development and possible therapies for another condition.
Sep 15, 2017
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Researchers find shortened telomeres linked to dysfunction in Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have made a discovery about muscular dystrophy disorders that suggest new possibilities for treatment. In a study published today online in ...
Sep 7, 2017
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Muscles maintain proper function by producing reactive oxygen species at the right time
Mitochondria help injured muscle cells (myofibers) repair by soaking up calcium that enters from the site of injury and using it to trigger increased production of reactive oxygen species. Although reactive oxygen species ...
Sep 5, 2017
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