By admin | August 21, 2010
The Muscular Dystrophy Association today heralds a landmark muscular dystrophy advance by an international study team of scientists and physicians from the Netherlands, United States, France and Spain. Led by MDA-grantee Silvère van der Maarel, Ph.D…
By admin | August 20, 2010
Researchers learn that two DNA changes on chromosome 4 — a contracted DNA segment and a “permissive” DNA signal — are needed to cause FSHD.
By admin | August 20, 2010
News on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Duchenne, Becker and myotonic muscular dystrophies; spinal muscular atrophy and muscle regeneration.
By admin | August 20, 2010
An international team of researchers that includes investigators from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has made a critical advance in determining the cause of a common form of muscular dystrophy known as facioscapulohumeral dystrophy, or FSHD. They have identified a DNA sequence in individuals with FSHD that causes a gene called DUX4 to be more active…
By admin | August 19, 2010
The Muscular Dystrophy Association today heralds a landmark muscular dystrophy advance by an international study team of scientists and physicians from the Netherlands, United States, France and Spain.
By admin | August 19, 2010
The Muscular Dystrophy Association, which has invested almost $39 million in 2010 in worldwide research seeking treatments and cures for muscle diseases, announced that it has awarded $14.1 million in new grants…
By admin | August 18, 2010
A small study has proposed that head injuries can cause an ALS-like disease, but MDA advisers say the evidence is insufficient.
By admin | August 18, 2010
Thirty-eight new grants support research in ALS, central core disease, spinal muscular atrophy, muscular dystrophy, and other diseases in MDA’s program
By admin | August 18, 2010
The Muscular Dystrophy Association, which has invested almost $39 million in 2010 in worldwide research seeking treatments and cures for muscle diseases, today announced that it has awarded $14.1 million in new grants.
By admin | August 18, 2010
The Muscular Dystrophy Association, which has invested almost $39 million in 2010 in worldwide research seeking treatments and cures for muscle diseases, today announced that it has awarded $14.1 million in new grants.
