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New Treatment Finding for Muscular Dystrophy

November 12th, 2010 No comments

Injecting stem cells into injured mice made their muscles grow back twice as big in a matter of days, creating mighty mice with bulky muscles that stayed big and strong . Read more…

A Gene Therapy Technique for Muscular Dystrophy

May 27th, 2010 No comments

A gene therapy technique restored some muscle function for months in patients with a certain type of muscular dystrophy. This is the first time such a feat has been performed in humans, with findings published at the annual meeting of the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy.  If replicated, the findings could provide hope for people with this and other forms of muscular dystrophy. Read more…