Muscular Dystrophy treatment

Purified stem cells restore muscle in mice with muscular dystrophy

harminka — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:01:52 -0500

By injecting purified stem cells isolated from adult skeletal muscle, researchers have shown they can restore healthy muscle and improve muscle function in mice with a form of muscular dystrophy.

Molecular basis of a form of muscular dystrophy

harminka — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:46:36 -0500

New study in the FASEB Journal identifies c-FLIP and calpain-3 proteins as drug targets in limb-girdle muscular dystrophy and other conditions

UVA reports surprising findings related to myotonic muscular dystrophy

harminka — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:51:20 -0600

New research from the University of Virginia Health System shows that, in cases of Type 1 myotonic muscular dystrophy (DM1), a well known heart protein does several surprising things. DM1 is the most common form of muscular dystrophy in adults and affects approximately 40,000 adults and children in the U.S.

New Target for Muscular Dystrophy Drug Therapy

harminka — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 08:08:35 -0500

The production of utrophin slows in fetal muscles soon after birth, after which dystrophin takes over as the primary muscle-associated protein. How this normal utrophin silencing occurs has been a mystery, until now.