Researchers have worked out the exact function of an enzyme that is critical for normal muscle structure and is involved in several muscular dystrophies. The findings could be used to develop rapid, ...

A 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 form of ...

Duchenne muscular dystrophy - a rare, genetic, neuromuscular disease that primarily affects males - leads to degeneration and weakness of muscles. The heart, being a muscle, is not spared by this ...

Evrysdi, a survival motor neuron 2-directed RNA splicing modifier, both sustained and improved motor function at 24 months in children and adults with type 2 or type 3 spinal muscular atrophy, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Interim results also showed reduction of the neurodegenerative biomarker neurofilament light chain. Serious ...

The US FDA has tightened the use of a Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene therapy after two teenage patients died from acute ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is tightening restrictions on a gene therapy used to treat Duchenne muscular ...

Muscle tissue provides the largest store of potentially available protein in the body; it is considerable reduced in children with severe protein energy malnutrition (PEM). After nutritional recovery ...

Aims: Benefits of resistance exercise in elderly people are well documented; however, sustaining these benefits can be difficult and adherence is often poor. Muscular strength and physical function ...