Scientists claim to have identified a new function for the protein missing in people with the most common and ultimately lethal form of childhood muscular dystrophy - a finding that
Scientists claim to have identified a new function for the protein missing in people with the most common and ultimately lethal form of childhood muscular dystrophy - a finding that will lead to new therapies to combat the disease.
Patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy lack the protein dystrophin, which causes their muscles to become weak and eventually die.
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.
In the new study, the researchers from University of Minnesota and National Institutes of Health showed that dystrophin also directly links to the third structural filament type named microtubules.
Microtubules form a highly ordered lattice in muscle. They found that microtubules become disorganized when dystrophin is missing.
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 new findings suggest that loss of microtubule organization might contribute to the devastating symptoms of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, information that will hopefully lead to the development of therapies to combat the disease.
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Blocking Genetic Source of Muscular Dystrophy Possible: Study
Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center have found a way to block the genetic flaw at the heart of a common form of muscular dystrophy.
Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center have found a way to block the genetic flaw at the heart of a common form of muscular dystrophy.
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New Therapy Shows Promise in Treating Muscular Dystrophy
Scientists have come up with a new therapy that has the potential to treat people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a fatal disease and the most common form of muscular dystrophy in children.
Scientists have come up with a new therapy that has the potential to treat people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a fatal disease and the most common form of muscular dystrophy in children.
