The mechanism of skeletal muscle contraction is a process that relies on calcium signaling. However, the physiological role ...

For genetic conditions like Duchenne muscular dystrophy, there is little doctors can do to slow or treat the condition other than trying to manage symptoms, since only addressing the genetic changes ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has given the green light for the first gene therapy that treats a rare form of muscular dystrophy to be used in most people who have the disease and a certain ...

A new gene therapy treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) shows promise of not only arresting the decline of the muscles of those affected by this inherited genetic disease, but perhaps, in ...

The drug, from biotech company Sarepta Therapeutics, will need to prove in an ongoing clinical trial that it improves physical function and mobility in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy in ...

The film explores the muscular system of the human body, detailing the roles and functions of the three types of muscles: skeletal, smooth, and cardiac. Skeletal muscles, which are voluntary and work ...

Interim data showed 110% average microdystrophin expression and up to 88% dystrophin-positive muscle fibers in the first three participants. Two patients saw an 8% average heart function improvement ...

Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) is a rare inherited disorder that causes weakness in the eye and throat muscles. It may lead to drooping eyelids and swallowing difficulties. Muscular ...

Spinal bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) causes a loss of motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem. It mainly affects facial and swallowing muscles and the muscles in the arms and legs. Previously, ...