An international team of researchers led by an investigator from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has made a second critical advance in determining the cause of a common form of muscular ...

An international team of researchers has made a second critical advance in determining the cause of a common form of muscular dystrophy known as facioscapulohumeral dystrophy, or FSHD. An ...

Nearly two decades after they identified the specific genetic flaw that causes a common type of muscular dystrophy, scientists believe they have figured out how that flaw brings about the disease. The ...

Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is one of the most common forms of muscular dystrophy, and impacts almost one million people around the world. It is a genetic disorder that causes the ...

A doctor who was one of the discoverers of the gene responsible for myotonic muscular dystrophy has now identified a therapeutic that could slow progression of muscle damage and muscle dysfunction ...

Researchers have designed a potential new treatment for one of the most common forms of muscular dystrophy, according to a new study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of ...

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Researchers have discovered two genetic mutations responsible for the third most common form of muscular dystrophy, paving way for new treatments for the disease. Researchers have discovered two ...

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COLUMBIA, Missouri (WPVI) -- More than 250-thousand people in the U.S. live with muscular dystrophy. But a new type of gene therapy tested in dogs at the University of Missouri is offering hope for ...

In an initial clinical trial Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute researchers have found that a drug typically prescribed for erectile dysfunction or pulmonary hypertension restores blood flow to ...