News tagged with muscular atrophy
Study links normal function of protein, not its build up inside cells, to death of neurons
A study led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators links the muscle weakness and other symptoms of a rare neurodegenerative disease to a misstep in functioning of a normal protein, rather than its build-up ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 22, 2010 |
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Identifying molecular guardian of cell's RNA
When most genes are transcribed, the nascent RNAs they produce are not quite ready to be translated into proteins - they have to be processed first. One of those processes is called splicing, a mechanism by ...
Oct 25, 2010 |
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New therapy offers hope to spinal muscular atrophy patients
Children who suffer from the devastating disease Spinal Muscular Atrophy are set to benefit from a new breakthrough in therapy developments by researchers at the University of Sheffield.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 09, 2010 |
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Newly Discovered Gene Mutation Linked to Nerve Diseases
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine have identified mutations in the gene for TRPV4 that cause two related degenerative motor nerve disorders, scapuloperoneal spinal muscular ...
Dec 28, 2009 |
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A natural hormone may protect muscle from atrophy
Researchers have found a potential new treatment for the common problem of muscle atrophy.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 11, 2009 |
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Study: Gene therapy reverses effects of lethal childhood muscle disorder in mice
Reversing a protein deficiency through gene therapy can correct motor function, restore nerve signals and improve survival in mice that serve as a model for the lethal childhood disorder spinal muscular atrophy, new research ...
Feb 28, 2010 |
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Newborn and carrier screening for spinal muscular atrophy now possible, claim scientists
Scientists in Ohio studying Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) have concluded that the technology now exists to carry out nationwide screening of newborn children and pregnant mothers. The study, published in the American Journal of ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 07, 2010 |
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