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Enzyme Halts Muscle Waste In Mouse Models Of Most-Common Childhood Muscular Dystrophy
April 16, 2002 — The muscle destruction associated with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), the most common childhood form of muscular dystrophy, is halted in mice when supplemental amounts of a naturally occurring ... > full story -
Treatment In Mice Proves Effective Against Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
March 20, 2001 — Mice carrying the same gene deficiencies as humans with Duchenne muscular dystrophy experienced dramatic improvements in both their physical condition and life span following an experimental ... > full story -
Heart Disease Gene Discovery Strengthens Skeletal Disease Link
March 6, 2001 — A fourth gene associated with heart muscle disease that also has a link to skeletal and muscle disorders has been identified by researchers at Baylor College of ... > full story -
Common Delivery System Used In Treating Muscular Dystrophy Through Gene Therapy May Trigger An Immune Response In Mice
January 23, 2001 — In a study of muscular dystrophy, scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have found that a common delivery system used in treating the disease through gene therapy may ... > full story -
University Of Pittsburgh Reports Best Gene Delivery To Date Of Protein Missing In Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
November 29, 2000 — Using sophisticated techniques, University of Pittsburgh scientists have engineered perhaps the best gene therapy to date for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), the catastrophic muscle wasting ... > full story -
New Mouse Marks Latest Stride In Muscular Dystrophy Research
September 13, 2000 — Most days, neurologist Charles Thornton, M.D., spends some time away from his patients and heads for the laboratory, where he works with mice. It might seem an unlikely action for a doctor ultimately ... > full story -
Effects Of Muscular Dystrophy Reversed By Gene Therapy, Reports Team From Children's National Medical Center And The University Of Pittsburgh
October 27, 1999 — Animal muscles crippled due to a form of muscular dystrophy can be repaired, both in size and strength, through an innovative gene therapy, according to a team of investigators from the ... > full story -
Stem Cells May Be Powerful Gene Shuttle
September 28, 1999 — Stem cells may prove to be a better shuttle than viruses for delivering corrective genes to tissues throughout the body, say researchers from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) at ... > full story -
Common Antibiotic Could Treat Some Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Patients Other Genetic Diseases Might Yield To Similar Strategy
August 2, 1999 — A common antibiotic called gentamicin might be able to completely arrest disease progression in a significant number of Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients, according to a new study from the ... > full story -
Penn Researchers Develop Gene Therapy Technique That Reverses Muscle Membrane Weakness In Muscular Dystrophy Variant
March 31, 1999 — Previous gene therapy approaches to treat muscular dystrophy have been hampered by an inability to successfully place the therapeutic genetic material into deficient muscle cells. Now, for the first ... > full story
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