Muscular Dystrophy News

Posted August 28, 2007:

• 'Mighty Mice' Made Mightier

Posted July 12, 2007:

• New Target For Muscular Dystrophy Drug Therapy Found

Posted July 8, 2007:

• Include Children In Research To Make Breakthroughs In Child Medicine, Says Expert

Posted July 3, 2007:

• Faulty Cell Membrane Repair Causes Heart Disease

Posted June 27, 2007:

• New Genetic Test Developed At Emory Advances Detection And Diagnosis Of Muscular Dystrophy

Posted May 7, 2007:

• Daily Steroids Help Boys With Muscular Dystrophy Walk Longer

Posted April 22, 2007:

• Muscle Restoration In Mice With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Demonstrated For The First Time

Posted April 9, 2007:

• Female Stem Cells Work Better, According To New Study

Posted April 2, 2007:

• New Therapeutic Insight Into Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
• Switching Genes To Overdrive Improves Muscular Dystrophy Symptoms In Mice

Posted January 30, 2007:

• Creatine Supplement May Help People With Muscular Dystrophies

Posted January 21, 2007:

• Common Blood Pressure Drug Treats Muscular Dystrophy In Mice

Posted November 28, 2006:

• A Giant Among Minnows: Giant Danio Can Keep Growing

Posted October 4, 2006:

• Scientists Show Drug Can Counteract Muscular Dystrophy In Mice

Posted September 17, 2006:

• Experimental Cancer Drugs Counter Muscle Deterioration Seen In Muscular Dystrophy

Posted September 5, 2006:

• Researchers Develop Mouse Model For Poorly Understood Human Myopathy

Posted August 30, 2006:

• Muscle Cells Self-Destruct Rather Than Grow With Use

Posted August 24, 2006:

• Toxic Molecule May Cause Most Common Type Of Muscular Dystrophy

Posted July 17, 2006:

• Scientists Reverse Muscle Contractions In Mouse Model Of Muscular Dystrophy

Posted June 9, 2006:

• New Step Toward Treatment For Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Posted January 31, 2006:

• Researchers Identify Major Source Of Muscle Repair Cells; Implications For Treating Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy

Posted December 27, 2005:

• Gene Therapy For Muscular Dystrophy Fixes Frail Muscle Cells In Animal Model, Stanford Study Finds

Posted December 8, 2005:

• 'Mighty Mice': New Muscle-Building Agent Beats All Previous Ones

Posted November 28, 2005:

• Cancer Wasting, Muscular Dystrophy Show Common Change

Posted October 29, 2005:

• Early Cardiac Screening Necessary For Muscular Dystrophy Patients

Posted October 26, 2005:

• Gene Therapy Reverses Genetic Mutation Responsible For Heart Failure In Muscular Dystrophy

Posted September 1, 2005:

• Researchers Discover Gene Connected To Rare Muscle Disease

Posted June 24, 2005:

• Breakthrough Study Finds Adult Stem Cells

Posted May 2, 2005:

• Exercise Training In Ordinary People Affects The Activity Of 500 Genes

Posted January 11, 2005:

• New Guideline: Corticosteroids Recommended For Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Posted December 6, 2004:

• Zebrafish Study Yields Observation Of Muscle Formation

Posted September 21, 2004:

• Stimulating The Production Of Utrophin Protects Muscular Dystrophy Mice From Muscle Wasting

Posted August 19, 2004:

• Newly Discovered Protein May Be Key To Muscular Dystrophy

Posted July 26, 2004:

• Gene Therapy Reaches Muscles Throughout The Body And Reverses Muscular Dystrophy In Animal Model

Posted June 9, 2004:

• LARGE Protein Can Overcome Defects In Some Types Of Muscular Dystrophy

Posted April 8, 2004:

• Researchers Use Gel To Deliver Gene Therapy To Diaphragm Muscle

Posted September 5, 2003:

• Study At TSRI Links Dozens Of Proteins To Several Rare Muscle And Nerve Degeneration Diseases

Posted July 11, 2003:

• New Prospects For Treating Muscular Dystrophy: Stem Cells Restore Muscle In MD Mice

Posted May 8, 2003:

• Muscle-Repair Defect Underlies Two Muscular Dystrophies

Posted April 24, 2003:

• MDA Scientists Destroy Flaws In Cells; Muscular Dystrophy Advance May Apply To Other Disorders

Posted November 26, 2002:

• Mighty Mice Are Less Susceptible To Muscular Dystrophy Gene's Effects

Posted September 17, 2002:

• Gene Therapy Reverses Muscular Dystrophy In Animal Model

Posted August 22, 2002:

• UT Southwestern Researchers Decode Filament Structures That Help Organize Signaling Molecules In Cells

Posted August 12, 2002:

• Scientists Identify A New Kind Of Genetic Problem In Muscular Dystrophy

Posted July 29, 2002:

• Studies Find Molecular Basis For Brain Defects In Certain Muscular Dystrophies

Posted July 25, 2002:

• Researchers Identify Defect That Causes Rare Muscular Dystrophies

Posted July 4, 2002:

• Muscle Stem Cells Show Promise Against Muscular Dystrophy In Mouse Model

Posted May 23, 2002:

• Muscular Dystrophy Mouse Model Yields Potential Growth Factor Treatment

Posted May 21, 2002:

• Cell Transplantation Delivers Key Protein To Mice With Muscle-Wasting Condition Similar To Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Posted April 22, 2002:

• Scientists Identify DNA Flanking Region As Trigger For Genetic Instability

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