News articles tagged with 'dystrophin'
Human protein improves muscle function of muscular dystrophy mice
— 3 Jan 2011 15:29 | HealthA novel potential therapy based on a natural human protein significantly slows muscle damage and improves function in mice who have the same genetic mutation as boys with the most common…
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is ultimately a stem cell disease
— 10 Dec 2010 21:33 | HealthResearchers have long known that the devastating disease called Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is caused by a single mutation in a gene called dystrophin. The protein encoded by…
Gene therapy reveals unexpected immunity to dystrophin in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy
— 7 Oct 2010 15:39 | HealthAn immune reaction to dystrophin, the muscle protein that is defective in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, may pose a new challenge to strengthening muscles of patients with…
Induced pluripotent stem cell retain an inactivated X chromosome
— 4 Sep 2010 11:03 | HealthFemale induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, reprogrammed from human skin cells into cells that have the embryonic-like potential to become any cell in the body, retain an inactive…
Emerging questions about the mechanisms that control muscle
— 29 Jun 2010 09:47 | HealthThere are major shifts underway in understanding the physiological mechanisms that control muscle contraction, a field that has been the focus of intense research for centuries. Last…
Researchers prove the gene responsible for Duchenne muscular dystrophy can be repaired
— 16 Apr 2010 01:32 | HealthResearchers from Universite Laval's Faculty of Medicine and the CHUQ Research Centre have proven that it is possible to repair the defective gene responsible for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.…
Researchers identify new function for protein missing in Duchenne muscular dystrophy
— 4 Aug 2009 08:35 | HealthResearchers at the University of Minnesota and National Institutes of Health have identified a new function for the protein missing in people with the most common and ultimately lethal…
New therapy substitutes missing protein in those with muscular dystrophy
— 27 May 2009 08:55 | HealthResearchers at the University of Minnesota Medical School have discovered a new therapy that shows potential to treat people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a fatal disease and the…
Mizzou scientist moves closer to MD solution
— 1 Mar 2009 13:50 | HealthMuscular dystrophy, which affects approximately 250,000 people in the United States, occurs when damaged muscle tissue is replaced with fibrous, bony or fatty tissue and loses function.…
Cell 'anchors' required to prevent muscular dystrophy
— 14 Jan 2009 10:10 | HealthA protein that was first identified for playing a key role in regulating normal heart rhythms also appears to be significant in helping muscle cells survive the forces of muscle contraction.…