Myostatin gene could hold the key to treatment for DMD
Recent studies to establish an effective treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) have discovered that drugs or molecules used to inhibit myostatin - a protein that inhibits muscle growth - might prove to be the anticipated// answer. ....MDA grantee Kathryn Wagner of John Hopkins University showed in a new study, published online, that muscle mass and strength in mice with DMD is increased...Jerry Mendell a neurologist, co-director of the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) clinic at Columbus Children’s Hospital; professor of pediatrics, neurology and pathology at Ohio State University College of Medicine;// and head of the Neuromuscular Research Program and Gene Therapy Center at Columbus Children’s Research Institute. He administered an injection of Asklepios Biopharmaceutical Inc...According to the researcher Dr. Jacques P. Tremblay who is in the Human Genetics Department at Quebec City's Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec (CHUQ) // and professor with Université Laval's Faculty of Medicine muscle cell transplant is one of the important alternatives to cure Duchenne muscular dystrophy. He and his team of researchers conducted the muscle cell transplant in young patie...