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New Treatment Strategy Possible For Muscular Dystrophy, Mouse Studies Show
March 16, 2008 — An investigational antiviral drug currently undergoing human trials in Europe for treating hepatitis C infections may have potential to reduce muscle cell damage in Duchenne and other forms of ... > full story -
New Potential Treatment For Muscular Dystrophy Appears To Be Safe
March 11, 2008 — Myostatin, a protein that blocks muscle growth, has shown promising results as a potential therapeutic target for treating muscular dystrophy in animal studies, where its inhibition led to increased ... > full story -
Long-Term Muscle Improvements Shown In Gene Therapy Study In Mice
March 10, 2008 — Injecting a gene responsible for making a specific protein into a mouse that's used as a model for muscular dystrophy can lead to long-term improvements in the animal's muscle size and strength, a ... > full story -
Stem Cell-Based Therapy May Be Able To Treat Muscular Dystrophy
February 24, 2008 — A new way to manipulate human embryonic stem cells offers hope for an eventual cell-based therapy to treat muscular dystrophies. Muscular dystrophies, such as Duchenne's muscular dystrophy (DMD), are ... > full story -
Two-Way Cell Talk Provides Clues About Neuromuscular Disease
February 17, 2008 — It's a scientific given that neurons tell other cells what to do, but new evidence suggests that, like with any good relationship, these target cells also have much to contribute, scientists say. In ... > full story -
New Mouse Model Gives Clue To Muscle-Wasting In Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1
February 13, 2008 — A mouse bred to have the same genetic mutation as people with myotonic dystrophy provides important clues about the cause of muscle wasting in the disorder, the most common form of muscular dystrophy ... > full story -
Drug Fights Cystic Fibrosis, Study Shows
February 5, 2008 — An experimental drug, PTC124, has proven effective in treating cystic fibrosis in mice, according to a new study. The report adds to a 2007 study on this compound fighting muscular dystrophy, and ... > full story -
Drugs To Bulk Up Muscles May Make Injuries More Likely
January 22, 2008 — Brittle tendons in mice reveal the potential downside of myostatin inhibitor drugs that are attracting interest as possible treatments for muscular dystrophy and as illicit performance-enhancing ... > full story -
Stem-Cell Transplantation Improves Muscles In Muscular Dystrophy Animal Model, Researchers Report
January 20, 2008 — Using embryonic stem cells from mice, researchers have prompted the growth of healthy -- and more importantly, functioning -- muscle cells in mice afflicted with a human model of Duchenne muscular ... > full story -
New Clinical Trial Results Show How Personalized Medicine Will Alter Treatment Of Genetic Disorders
December 26, 2007 — In the latest edition of the New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Eric Hoffman posits that the results of a clinical trial involving a new treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy provides a ... > full story
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