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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News tagged with myotonic dystrophy
Genetics
Researchers complete myotonic dystrophy treatment research
Researchers at the Translational Genomics laboratory of Valencia University and the INCLIVA health research institute have just discovered a new approach for the treatment of myotonic dystrophy, a rare and incurable neuromuscular ...
Jun 27, 2018
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Medical research
Targeted therapy for sleep disorders helps patients with muscular dystrophy
Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is the most common adult muscular dystrophy, and many patients with DM1 suffer from various sleep and respiratory disorders. In a study in the current issue of the Journal of Neuromuscular ...
Jan 13, 2017
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Medical research
Study uncovers roles of proteins essential for mouse muscle function; potential link to myotonic dystrophy
Myotonic dystrophy, the second most common cause of muscular dystrophy, and numerous other muscle disorders affect tens of thousands of individuals in the U.S.. Paving the way toward a better understanding of these conditions, ...
Nov 16, 2016
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Cardiology
Cause of heart arrhythmia in adult muscular dystrophy clarified
An international joint research group found that the cause of heart arrhythmia in myotonic dystrophy was RNA abnormalities in the sodium channel in the heart, clarifying the symptom's mechanism. This finding will be helpful ...
Jun 16, 2016
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Medical research
The origin of heart dysfunctions in myotonic dystrophy identified
An international team, including researchers in France at Inserm, CNRS and the University of Strasbourg, brought together at IGBMC is lifting the veil on the molecular mechanisms causing heart dysfunctions in myotonic dystrophy, ...
Apr 20, 2016
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Genetics
Potential treatment for most common form of muscular dystrophy
A doctor who was one of the discoverers of the gene responsible for myotonic muscular dystrophy has now identified a drug that could slow the progression of muscle damage and muscle dysfunction associated with the disease ...
Mar 18, 2015
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Immunology
Myotonic dystrophy disrupts normal control of gene expression in the heart
Disruption of a transcription network controlled by MEF2 in heart tissue of people with myotonic dystrophy type 1 – an inherited form of muscular dystrophy with symptoms starting in early adulthood – affects activity ...
Jan 09, 2014
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Medical research
Scientists uncover image of muscular dystrophy defect and design targeted drug candidates
Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have revealed an atomic-level view of a genetic defect that causes a form of muscular dystrophy, myotonic dystrophy type 2, and have used this information ...
Jan 02, 2014
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Genetics
Antisense oligonucleotides make sense in myotonic dystrophy
Antisense oligonucleotides – short segments of genetic material designed to target specific areas of a gene or chromosome – that activated an enzyme to "chew up" toxic RNA (ribonucleic acid) could point the way ...
Feb 27, 2012
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