News tagged with “muscular dystrophy”. Found:
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No school buses yet for muscular dystrophy afflicted
Chennai :: India | 3 days ago
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Most students of the Chennai Corporation’s model school for students with muscular dystrophy are not able to attend classes. Out of the 42 students on the rolls, only seven are attending classes. “Many of them are not able to come to the school as the...
Tags: Muscular Dystrophy Association, India, Chennai, Education, Disability, Muscular dystrophy, Bus, School bus, Genetic disorders, Neurology
Gene Therapy Creates Superstrong Monkeys [Mad Science]
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 16 days ago
Credibility It's not quite a supersoldier serum, but researchers have increased strength and muscle mass in monkeys with a small genetic tweak...Muscle disease specialists at Ohio State University have been studying myostatin, the protein that regulates and curbs...
Tags: San Francisco, Muscular dystrophy, Follistatin, Proteins, Myostatin, Muscle, Muscular system, Exercise physiology, Tissues, Health Medical Pharma
Christmas comes early for boy with MD
Kankakee :: IL :: USA | 19 days ago
Credibility The problems of old age arrived prematurely, too. Luke enjoyed a speedy $1,000 shopping spree Monday morning at the Best Buy store in Bradley. But he enjoyed it from the wheelchair where he has spent his last two years. He has Duchenne muscular dystrophy...
Tags: Luke Hebel, Kankakee, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Spliceosome, Muscular dystrophy, Genetic disorders, Neurology
'Living Now' looks at life with MD
New York City :: NY :: USA | 20 days ago
Credibility Six years of hard work and unbridled passion by one Sonoma Valley daughter has resulted in the creation of the independent film "Living Now," which takes a realistic look at life with muscular dystrophy and screens this Saturday, Nov. 14, at the Sebastiani...
Tags: Sarah Barbulesco, Andy Saks, Sonoma Valley, muscular dystrophy, American, saks family, New York City, Disability, Sonoma California, Film, Genetic disorders, Neurology, Entertainment Culture
Generous folks reach out to Citrus Heights man with muscular distrophy
Citrus Heights :: CA :: USA | 23 days ago
Credibility These improvements in his life were due to the generosity of people who helped him and his mother after a story in The Bee highlighted their plight. The changes have made a world of difference for the 24-year-old Citrus Heights resident, who has Duchenne...
Tags: Mitch Ball, Citrus Heights, Heidi Miller, Spliceosome, Home improvement, Bathroom, Genetic disorders, Muscular dystrophy, Duchenne muscular dystrophy
'Living Now' looks at life with MD
Sacramento :: CA :: USA | 23 days ago
Credibility Six years of hard work and unbridled passion by one Sonoma Valley daughter has resulted in the creation of the independent film "Living Now," which takes a realistic look at life with muscular dystrophy and screens this Saturday, Nov. 14, at the Sebastiani...
Tags: Sacramento, Clark Gable, Broadway theatre, Claudette Colbert, It Happened One Night, Sonoma California, Entertainment Culture, Disability, Film, Genetic disorders, Neurology, Muscular dystrophy
Gene therapy offers hope for diseases such as MD
Washington :: DC :: USA | 25 days ago
Credibility A gene-therapy experiment in monkeys has shown the ability to boost muscle size and strength, giving hope to those looking for treatments for muscular dystrophy and other diseases that cause muscle loss and weakness. The study was led by Brian Kaspar...
Jeni Stepakek's New Book Helps Us Remember Mattie Stepanek
Jeni Stepanek was on Good Morning America this morning to promote her new book "Messenger: The Legend of Mattie Stepanek." For those of you who do not remember Mattie or don't know about Jeni's tragic loss of her 4 children and the decline...
Tags: Mattie Stepanek, Jeni Stepanek, Oprah, Larry King, Jimmy Carter, Chris Cuomo, Good Morning America, Muscular Dystrophy
NHS dystrophy care 'inadequate'
London :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago
Credibility NHS care for patients with muscle-wasting disorders is often "inadequate and not acceptable", MPs and peers say. The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Muscular Dystrophy inquiry found huge variations in life expectancy. People with the disorders also often...
Tags: muscular dystrophy, NHS, week better
Medical News Today: New Gene Linked To Muscular Dystrophy
Tōkyō :: Japan | 3 months ago
Credibility Muscular dystrophy, a group of inherited diseases characterized by progressive skeletal muscle weakness, can be caused by mutations in any one of a number of genes. Another gene can now be added to this list, as Yukiko Hayashi and colleagues, at the National...
Tags: muscular dystrophy
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