News tagged with spinal muscular atrophy
Researchers identify drug candidate for treating spinal muscular atrophy
Nov 04, 2009 |
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A chemical cousin of the common antibiotic tetracycline might be useful in treating spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a currently incurable disease that is the leading genetic cause of death in infants. This is the finding of ...
Rare window on spinal muscular atrophy genetics
Apr 07, 2009 |
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Caused by a mutation of the SMN gene, spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an infantile and juvenile neurodegenerative disorder where motor neuron loss causes progressive paralysis. A new study published in the open access journal ...
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Molecular Therapy for Spinal Muscular Atrophy Closer to Clinical Use
Dec 15, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Spinal muscular atrophy, a neurodegenerative disorder that causes the weakening of muscles, is the leading cause of infant death and occurs in 1 in 6,000 live births. While trans-splicing (a form of molecular ...
Researchers find possible treatment for spinal muscular atrophy
Jul 27, 2009 |
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Spinal Muscular Atrophy is the second-leading cause of infant mortality in the world.
Researchers discover target that could ease spinal muscular atrophy symptoms
Jan 07, 2009 |
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is no cure for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a genetic disorder that causes the weakening of muscles and is the leading genetic cause of infant death, but University of Missouri researchers have discovered a new therapeutic ...
Researchers gain new insights on spinal muscular atrophy
May 29, 2008 |
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Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine discovered that the effect of a protein deficiency, which is the basis of the neuromuscular disease spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), is not restricted to motor ...
A natural hormone may protect muscle from atrophy
Jun 11, 2009 |
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Researchers have found a potential new treatment for the common problem of muscle atrophy.
Genetic test for spinal muscular atrophy should be offered to all couples, says the ACMG
Dec 09, 2008 |
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Carrier screening for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)—a serious genetic disease affecting approximately 1 in 10,000 infants that causes progressive muscle weakness and death—should be made available to all families, according ...
Scientists devise potential approach to treat spinal muscular atrophy
Apr 05, 2008 |
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In the neuromuscular disease called spinal muscular atrophy, or SMA, a protein deficiency caused by a single gene mutation leads to serious damage in growing nerve cells and the muscles they control.
Mighty mice: Treatment targeted to muscle improves motor neuron disease
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 12, 2009 |
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New research with transgenic mice reveals that a therapy directed at the muscle significantly improves disease symptoms of a genetic disorder characterized by destruction of the neurons that control movement. The study, published ...
New gene linked to muscular dystrophy
Aug 10, 2009 |
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Muscular dystrophy, a group of inherited diseases characterized by progressive skeletal muscle weakness, can be caused by mutations in any one of a number of genes. Another gene can now be added to this list, as Yukiko Hayashi ...
Gene therapy for muscular dystrophy shows promise beyond safety
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 15, 2009 |
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Researchers have cleared a safety hurdle in efforts to develop a gene therapy for a form of muscular dystrophy that disables patients by gradually weakening muscles near the hips and shoulders.
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