Irish scientists have proven that a treatment for muscular dystrophy involving gene therapy is efficient. This, they say, brings a cure for the disease a step closer.
Muscular dystrophy is a collective term for a range of neuromuscular conditions. It is characterised by the progressive weakening and wasting of muscles and can affect both adults and [...]

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HealthNewsDigest.com – DURHAM, N.C. – A protein that was first identified for playing a key role in regulating normal heart rhythms also appears to be significant in helping muscle cells survive the forces of muscle contraction. The clue was a laboratory mouse that seemed to have a form of muscular dystrophy.
A group of proteins called [...]

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Scientists have successfully created nerve cells from skin cells in a breakthrough that offers hope for those with a fatal muscle-wasting disease.
The transformation opens the way for treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, an inherited disease for which there is no cure.
Researchers took cells from a boy sufferer’s skin and turned them into stem cells – [...]

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Washington, December 9 (ANI):  Scientists at an American research institute claim that they have been successful in reversing the impact of a mutation in the gene coding the protein dystrophin, known to be associated with muscular dystrophy.
Dr. Lorenzo Puri and his colleagues at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research say that their study showed that [...]

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