12 new genes linked to neuromuscular disorders like motor neurone disease and muscular dystrophy have been discovered by scientists.
Muscular Dystrophy / Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy - Overview
Overview about muscular dystrophy, a muscle disease characterized by muscle weakness and muscle wasting.
Overview about muscular dystrophy, a muscle disease characterized by muscle weakness and muscle wasting.
"Thanks to new scientific techniques, in particular the latest gene sequencing technologies, we can expect in a few years time that the list of genetic defects that we know cause neuromuscular diseases will be twice as long as it is now," the Courier Mail quoted him as saying.
"The upshot of that is it will more than likely pave the way for better genetic counselling for those people affected by these largely incurable and untreatable conditions," he noted.
About Myotonic Dystrophy
Detailed information on myotonic muscular dystrophy, a common form of muscular disease that affects adults and children.
Detailed information on myotonic muscular dystrophy, a common form of muscular disease that affects adults and children.
The conference, which is being held in Australia for the first time, will bring together more than 500 clinicians and medical researchers in neuromuscular disorders.
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Anti-arrhythmic Drug Reduces Stiffness Caused by Muscle Diseases
In patients with nondystrophic myotonias, use of mexiletine - anti-arrhythmic medication resulted in improvement in patient-reported stiffness, states study.
In patients with nondystrophic myotonias, use of mexiletine - anti-arrhythmic medication resulted in improvement in patient-reported stiffness, states study.
Research Finds Impaired Protein Degradation Causes Muscle Diseases
Impaired protein degradation causes muscle diseases, German university RUB's researchers and international colleagues report in Brain
Impaired protein degradation causes muscle diseases, German university RUB's researchers and international colleagues report in Brain
