The experimental drug, Cabaletta, improved muscle function and reduced swallowing difficulty in patients’ suffering from oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy.
Mysterious Muscle Wasting Disorder Leaves Boy Too Weak to Even Hold-Up His Head
A weak backbone prevents the 12-year-old boy from sitting, standing and even crawling. Doctors are unable to diagnose and find a cure for this rare condition.
A weak backbone prevents the 12-year-old boy from sitting, standing and even crawling. Doctors are unable to diagnose and find a cure for this rare condition.
Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy is a rare disease where patients develop swallowing difficulties, which could lead to death in severe cases.
The company said it would discuss results from this study and a second mid-stage study with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration before it started a late-stage study.
Animal Study Sheds Light on New Approach for Treating Genetic Muscle Wasting Disease
A drug called fasudil can extend the average lifespan of mice with Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) from 30.5 days to more than 300 days, scientists have revealed.
A drug called fasudil can extend the average lifespan of mice with Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) from 30.5 days to more than 300 days, scientists have revealed.
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Health Supplement To Combat Congenital Muscle Wasting Disease
Amino acid L-tyrosine, a health supplement used by bodybuilders, could help combat Nemaline Myopathy (NM), a congenital muscle wasting disease.
Amino acid L-tyrosine, a health supplement used by bodybuilders, could help combat Nemaline Myopathy (NM), a congenital muscle wasting disease.
Muscle Wasting Due to Cancer Reversed During Tests on Mice
A new study has pointed out that only one injection is required to reverse muscle wasting in cancer, if an experimental technique used in mice is found to be successful in humans.
A new study has pointed out that only one injection is required to reverse muscle wasting in cancer, if an experimental technique used in mice is found to be successful in humans.
