News tagged with skeletal muscle disease

Burmese cats to benefit from genetic test for newly discovered mutation

Burmese cats can inherit a muscle weakness, called Burmese hypokalaemia, which is caused by low levels of blood potassium.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study explores 'garbage disposal' role of VCP and implications for degenerative disease

It's important to finish what you start, say Jeong-Sun Ju and researchers from Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis. In the December 14, 2009 issue of the Journal of Cell Biology, Ju et al. ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tiny molecule slows progression of Lou Gehrig's disease in mice

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found that a molecule produced naturally by muscles in response to nerve damage can reduce symptoms and prolong life in a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mighty mice: Treatment targeted to muscle improves motor neuron disease

New research with transgenic mice reveals that a therapy directed at the muscle significantly improves disease symptoms of a genetic disorder characterized by destruction of the neurons that control movement. The study, published ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Australian team reveals world-first discovery in a 'floppy baby' syndrome

In a world first, West Australian scientists have cured mice of a devastating muscle disease that causes a Floppy Baby Syndrome - a breakthrough that could ultimately help thousands of families across the globe.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Researchers identify gene associated with muscular dystrophy-related vision problems

Skeletal muscle disease and vision deficits might seem unrelated, but a frog model of muscular dystrophy shows it is not such a leap.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0