A new procedure can quickly and efficiently increase the length of human telomeres, the protective caps on the ends of chromosomes that are linked to aging and disease, according to scientis... Read more
Results From 10-Patient Case Study Lead to Phase III Clinical Trial for Patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute researchers have found that a commonly prescrib... Read more
New zebrafish technique quickly finds potential treatments for multiple diseases Skeletal muscle has proved to be very difficult to grow in patients with muscular dystrophy and other disorde... Read more
Results from a clinical trial of eteplirsen, a drug designed to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy, suggest that the therapy allows participants to walk farther than people treated with place... Read more
Duke University biomedical engineers have been able to repair a defect responsible for one of the most common inherited disorders, Duchenne muscular dystrophy Using a novel genetic ‘ed... Read more
Using stem cells, U of M researchers have found a way to regenerate muscles in diseased lab mice. It’s being called breakthrough research by medical journals around the world, and it’s happe... Read more
By injuring the transplanted muscle and watching it repair itself, the researchers demonstrated that the cell transplants endowed the recipient mice with fully functional muscle stem cells.... Read more
“I do see a light at the end of this tunnel.” Usually, results from a new study help scientists inch their way toward an answer whether they are battling a health problem or are on the... Read more
“This is also exciting because we think it’s a therapeutic approach that could apply to other muscle-wasting diseases” Scientists have discovered that injecting a novel hum... Read more
Success can’t come quickly enough. While Spider-Man is capturing the imagination of theatergoers, real-life spider men in Upstate New York are working intently to save a young boy... Read more
New treatments to combat the degeneration of muscle associated with muscular dystrophy or aging Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have turned back the clock on mature mu... Read more
Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have discovered the biological mechanism behind age-related loss of muscle strength and identified a drug that may help reverse this process... Read more