Common blood pressure drug treats muscular dystrophy in mice

Researchers at Johns Hopkins have shown that a drug commonly used to lower blood pressure reverses muscle wasting in genetically engineered mice with Marfan syndrome and also prevents muscle degeneration in mice with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The results are reported online this week at Nature Medicine.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news88664490.html">Common blood pressure drug treats muscular dystrophy in mice</a></p> <p>Researchers at Johns Hopkins have shown that a drug commonly used to lower blood pressure reverses muscle wasting in genetically engineered mice with Marfan syndrome and also prevents muscle degeneration in mice with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The results are reported online this week at <i>Nature Medicine</i>.</p>