Muscular Dystrophy News
April 22, 2024
Top Headlines
Mar. 6, 2024 — A specific gene may play a key role in new treatments that prevent muscle in the body from breaking down in serious muscle diseases, muscular ...
Jan. 2, 2024 — New research has identified the specific biological mechanism behind the muscle dysfunction found in myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) and further shows that calcium channel blockers can reverse these ...
Aug. 24, 2023 — Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a muscle degeneration disorder caused by mutations affecting the dystrophin gene. Researchers show how a dual CRISPR RNA method restored dystrophin protein ...
Aug. 16, 2023 — A new method allows large quantities of muscle stem cells to be safely obtained in cell culture. This provides a potential for treating patients with muscle diseases -- and for those who would like to eat meat, but don't want to kill ...
Latest Headlines
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July 31, 2023 — The research team administered AP39 to some worms from birth, and to others after reaching adulthood. They found that this compound improved the ...
May 24, 2023 — A research team has discovered that by manipulating a certain protein in the immune system they can slow down disease progression and improve muscle function in Duchenne muscular ...
Apr. 13, 2023 — Investigators recently used a targeted drug to restore muscle strength and correct myotonia in mice with myotonic ...
Feb. 27, 2023 — New research has uncovered a novel link between the Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) gene and ...
Dec. 19, 2022 — Therapies to target neuromuscular disorders affecting million of people worldwide are on the horizon thanks to research at the Montreal Clinical Research Institute of Montreal. Fusion of myoblasts, ...
Sep. 13, 2022 — Researchers report that an experimental drug first developed to treat kidney disease prolongs survival and improves muscle function in mice ...
May 4, 2022 — New research recommends daily steroid doses for children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, marking a significant change in how the disease is ...
Apr. 20, 2022 — In proof-of-concept experiments, scientists say they have successfully cultivated human muscle stem cells capable of renewing themselves and ...
Apr. 13, 2022 — A cell therapy stabilizes weakened muscles -- including the heart muscle -- in Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients, a new study ...
Mar. 10, 2022 — A recent clinical trial has shown that cellular therapy is safe and effective in stopping the deterioration of upper limb and heart functions in patients with late-stage Duchenne muscular ...
Earlier Headlines
Dec. 12, 2022 — Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy (FCMD) is the second most common form of childhood muscular dystrophy in Japan. The disease manifests itself in the form of a severe neuromuscular disorder. One ...
Apr. 11, 2022 — Patients who took part in the study saw a 1.6-kilogram increase in their muscle mass and a two per cent reduction of body fat. They were also able to walk an extra 47 meters in six minutes, when ...
Apr. 1, 2022 — Obese mice that were fed a high-fat diet and that received prednisone one time per week had improved exercise endurance, got stronger, increased their lean body mass and lost weight, reports a new ...
Mar. 24, 2022 — A new study using neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) in zebrafish found that certain activities may help strengthen muscles affected by Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a severe type of muscular ...
Mar. 18, 2022 — Tracing the impact of a single protein, Piezo1, researchers found that restoring it in muscles affected by Duchenne muscular dystrophy could improve their ability to heal ...
Feb. 23, 2022 — A new 'cocktail' drug under development could provide an effective and economical treatment to lessen symptoms for up to 45 per cent of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a ...
Feb. 18, 2022 — Latest advance in chronopharmacology, based on mouse models, suggests that time-of-day matters when using steroids to treat muscle ...
Jan. 28, 2022 — Scientists have made a link between muscular dystrophy and a group of bioactive fats, the sphingolipids, which are involved in numerous cell functions and other ...
Jan. 19, 2022 — Researchers have published findings that could contribute to future therapeutics for muscle degeneration due to old age, and diseases such as cancer and muscular ...
Jan. 13, 2022 — A newly characterized fat protein could provide the missing link to explain a rare metabolic disease while offering fresh insight into common disorders such as obesity and type 2 ...
Dec. 20, 2021 — A researcher has identified the proteins necessary for efficient regeneration of skeletal muscles after acute injury and in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) clearing the way for drug development for ...
July 6, 2021 — Muscles and the resident stem cells (satellite cells) responsible for muscle regeneration retain memory of their location in the body. This positional memory was found to be based on the expression ...
June 24, 2021 — Researchers have developed a new approach in which specifically designed anti-inflammatory nanoparticles (NPs) that could be applied locally and selectively to chronically inflamed muscles severely ...