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Health Information About FSHD
We are the world's largest and most progressive grassroots network of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) patients, their families and research activists. FSHD is highly variable, even among family affected members. There is great ...More…
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Managing Daily Life
As mobility decreases, make changes in your home that allow your son to move around the house as independently as possible. Special equipment or additions, such as wider doorways and ramps, can make life easier once he cannot climb stairs or is ...More…
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Finding Lays the Foundation For Human Testing
National Institutes of Health — Using a novel genetic technology that covers up genetic errors, researchers funded in part by the National Institutes of Health have developed a successful treatment for dogs with the canine version of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a paralyzing, ...More…
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People with ...
Muscular Dystrophy Association — Keeping Your Focus: Eye Care in Neuromuscular Disorders 12/00 People with Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy - A faulty gene for poly(A)-binding protein nuclear 1 (PABPN1), which is suspected to lead to production of extra chemical material that ...More…
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Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy (EDMD)
Muscular Dystrophy Association — Protein Flaw Turns on Heart-Damaging Genes in 2 Dystrophies 03/06 The Salamander's Secrets: Can Stem Cells Repair Damaged Muscle Fibers? 11/05 Of Mice and Man: What Can Laboratory Studies Tell Us About Human Disease? 07/05 Matters of the Heart: ...More…
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People with ...
Muscular Dystrophy Association — Defensive Action: Can Toxic Geens Be Blocked to Treat Disease? 01/07 Gene Therapy now in Its Teen Years (Viral Gene Transfer Moves Ahead; Going Naked) 01/07 Merg1a Protein Could Be new Target in Fighting Atrophy 09/06 People with Distal Muscular ...More…
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People with...
Muscular Dystrophy Association — Cyclosporine-Like Compound Prevents Cell Death in Mice With CMD 05/07 Gene Therapy Now in Its Teen Years: Viral Gene Transfer Moves Ahead; Going Naked 01/07 Merg1a Protein Could be New Target in Fighting Atrophy 09/06 Connecting the Dots: ...More…
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Becker Muscular Dystrophy (BMD)
Muscular Dystrophy Association — Dystrophin Mutation Analysis Predicted Age of Onset of Cardiac Problems in BMD 7/08 Six Familiar Faces - Catching up With Past MDA National Personal Achievement Award Recipients - Michael Wasser 11/07 Mario Damiani, Esq. - MDA National Task Force ...More…
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Distrofia muscular
Kids Health — La distrofia muscular es un trastorno genético que debilita los músculos que ayudan al cuerpo a moverse. Aparte de ver la tele-maratón presentada por Jerry Lewis el fin de semana del Día del Trabajo, hay mucha gente que no sabe gran cosa sobre la ...More…
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Journal of Cell Biology
National Institute of Arthritis — Researchers have recently discovered that the sex of cells in a subpopulation of muscle-generating stem cells in adult mice can considerably influence their capacity to repair tissue. The finding may persuade researchers to consider the ...More…
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Molecular Therapy
National Institute of Arthritis — Scientists have found that progression of limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2D (LGMD-2D) can be prevented over the long term in mice after transferring a correctly functioning form of the alpha-sarcoglycan gene (SGCA) to their muscle tissue. ...More…