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Muscular Dystrophy News
July 19, 2023

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Discovery Slows Down Muscular Dystrophy

A research team has discovered that by manipulating a certain protein in the immune system they can slow down disease progression and improve muscle function in Duchenne muscular ...

Genetic Therapy Corrects Progressive Muscle Disorder in Mice

Investigators recently used a targeted drug to restore muscle strength and correct myotonia in mice with myotonic ...

New Link Between Fatal Muscle Wasting Disease Gene and Cancer Discovered

New research has uncovered a novel link between the Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) gene and ...

Lab Grown, Self-Sustainable Muscle Cells Repair Muscle Injury and Disease, Mouse Study Shows

In proof-of-concept experiments, scientists say they have successfully cultivated human muscle stem cells capable of renewing themselves and repairing muscle tissue damage in mice, potentially advancing efforts to treat muscle injuries and ...
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Novel Method With Implications for Treatment of Fukuyama Muscular Dystrophy, a Widespread Neuromuscular Disorder

福山先天性肌肉萎缩症(FCMD) the second most common form of childhood muscular dystrophy in Japan. The disease manifests itself in the form of a severe neuromuscular disorder. One ...

Regular Cycling Helps Patients With ‘accelerated Aging’ Disease

Patients who took part in the study saw a 1.6-kilogram increase in their muscle mass and a two per cent reduction of body fat. They were also able to walk an extra 47 meters in six minutes, when ...

Can Weekly Prednisone Treat Obesity?

Obese mice that were fed a high-fat diet and that received prednisone one time per week had improved exercise endurance, got stronger, increased their lean body mass and lost weight, reports a new ...

New Research Shows Certain Exercises Can Help With Muscular Dystrophy

A new study using neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) in zebrafish found that certain activities may help strengthen muscles affected by Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a severe type of muscular ...

Piezo1 Possible Key to Supporting Muscle Regeneration in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Tracing the impact of a single protein, Piezo1, researchers found that restoring it in muscles affected by Duchenne muscular dystrophy could improve their ability to heal ...

Steroid Treatments for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy May Depend on the Clock

Latest advance in chronopharmacology, based on mouse models, suggests that time-of-day matters when using steroids to treat muscle ...

Team Advances Research on Muscle Health

Researchers have published findings that could contribute to future therapeutics for muscle degeneration due to old age, and diseases such as cancer and muscular ...

Muscling Up With Nanoparticle-Based Anti-Inflammatory Therapy

Researchers have developed a new approach in which specifically designed anti-inflammatory nanoparticles (NPs) that could be applied locally and selectively to chronically inflamed muscles severely ...

New Discovery Could Lead to Therapies for Patients With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

A new study reveals how chronic inflammation promotes muscle fibrosis, which could inform the development of new therapies for patients suffering from Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a fatal ...

Chemical Cocktail Creates New Avenues for Generating Muscle Stem Cells

A research team has identified a chemical cocktail that enables the production of large numbers of muscle stem cells, which can self-renew and give rise to all types of skeletal muscle ...

Enhanced Oral Uptake of Exosomes Opens Cell Therapy Alternative

Cell-derived exosomes are effective in treating disease when mixed with the dominant protein in breast milk and given orally, a new study of laboratory mice shows. The findings could help develop new ...

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Muscle Cell Secrets

A muscle fiber consists of just one cell, but many nuclei. A team has now shown just how varied these nuclei are. The study can help us better understand muscle diseases such as Duchenne muscular ...

Genetic Treatment Plus Exercise Reverses Fatigue in Mice With Muscle Wasting Disease

Adding exercise to a genetic treatment for myotonic dystrophy type 1 was more effective at reversing fatigue than administering the treatment alone in a study using a mouse model of the disease. In ...

Genetic Mutation Could Worsen Heart Function in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Patients

A mutation in the gene that causes cystic fibrosis may accelerate heart function decline in those with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a new study suggests. The findings could help doctors develop ...

Scientists Uncover a Novel Approach to Treating Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Scientists have shown that pharmacological (drug) correction of the content of extracellular vesicles released within dystrophic muscles can restore their ability to regenerate muscle and prevent ...

Drugging the Undruggable: Treatment Path for Muscular Dystrophy

Researchers have identified a possible treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a rare genetic disease for which there is currently no cure or treatment, by targeting an enzyme that had been ...

Duchenne: 'Crosstalk' Between Muscle and Spleen

杜氏肌营养不良症(DMD)是最通讯on muscle disease in children and is passed on by X-linked recessive inheritance. Characteristic is a progressive muscular atrophy. Researchers have ...

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