Korean researchers have proposed a new treatment strategy that can increase the effectiveness of the genetic rare disease ...

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a group of genetic disorders that causes a loss ... The beams stimulate contractions in atrophied muscle tissue. Studies show that focused ultrasound can stimulate ...

and cardiac muscle tissues. A number of clinical syndromes are currently believed to be associated with mitochondrial disease. Possible examples include Pearson syndrome, Leigh syndrome ...

WVE-N531 demonstrated statistically significant improvements in muscle biopsy measures and functional measures in patients ...

Chunhui Xu and her team leveraged the ISS National Laboratory ® for cardiac cell research to accelerate the development of cell-based regenerative therapies that could one day reverse heart damage.

We recommend that muscle biopsies be done by a neuromuscular disease specialist or by a surgeon with experience in obtaining adequate specimens and proper handling of the tissue. If the biopsy has to ...

Research in the Leinwand lab focuses on unraveling mechanisms of genetic heart and skeletal muscle diseases using animal models ... is found in a number of nonmuscle tissues which is very unusual, and ...