Understanding the behavior of tiny droplets in our cells could aid the search for new treatments. A team of Leiden ...

Muscular dystrophy can appear in infancy up to middle ... and coordination. One example is a nerve conduction study, also called a nerve function test, or electromyography (EMG).

Story and photo by Heather Robinson Hernandez As Lindsay Reeves prepared to leave home for college, someone asked her mother, “What if she misses the ...

The Next Chapter, Leah Messer and her family create a "united front" when it comes to Aliannah's struggles with muscular dystrophy, with Leah, Corey Simms, and Ali's twin, Aleeah, expressing their ...

Contrary to prior data, this study shows that neither eosinophils nor STAT6-mediated IL-4/IL-13 signaling contribute ...

For example, evidence notes that people may experience a potentially fatal outcome following gene therapy due to immune reactions. Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a genetic condition that ...

neuromuscular disease or muscular dystrophy patients have. "We have also made some improvements in terms of monitoring ...

Dystrophy is any condition in which a part of the body weakens or wastes away. In muscular dystrophy, the weakness is in the muscles. An inherited genetic mistake prevents the body from making a ...

All fetuses affected with disease genes were born. Then, in the case of DMD, for example, if the affected child was a boy, he would mostly likely either die before reproducing or be incapable of ...