Loss Of Dystrophin: Common Thread In Cancer And MS Muscle Wasting
Recent research conducted at the Ohio State University shows that a wasting condition responsible for nearly a third of cancer deaths involves the loss of an essential muscle protein that is also lost in people with muscular // dystrophy. The study findings, which appear in the November issue of the journal Cancer Cell, show that muscle cells lose significant amounts of the protein dy...Blood Pressure Drug may slow wasting in burn victims
A widely used blood pressure drug shows strong potential for slowing the metabolic overdrive that makes patients waste away after severe burns and other major injuries. In a study, researchers at Shriners Hospital for Children in Galveston, Texas, tried propranolol on 13 children with bad burns and left 12 untreated to compare. The drug, one of a class known as beta blockers, checks the s...Human wasting disease linked to a gene
Cachexia is a muscle wasting condition which is a serious problem in people with cancer, AIDS and a range of chronic diseases of the bowel, liver, lungs and heart. A recent study has found that the gene known as "twist", which was first found in fruit flies, where it is involved in muscle development, could help develop new treatments// for muscle wasting in humans. Researchers have be...Muscle wasting disease treatable using stem cell therapy
A medical research team looking for a cure for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, an extremely debilitating disorder which causes wasting of muscles, submitted their findings// recently. The Stem cell Studies done by the team of Italian researchers seem to offer hope for those who suffer from the disease. Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a severe progressive disease of genetic origin...Chronic Wasting Disease In Alberta
According to Alberta wildlife officials culling of deer will soon commence due to the attack of chronic wasting disease// that has affected the deer population. This disease which affects the nervous system of the deer is similar to bovine spongiform encephalopathy or the mad cow disease that affects the cattle. Lyle Fullerton, speaking on behalf of Alberta Sustainable Resour...