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View Post: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Clinical Trial: Study of Ataluren ...
4 Nov 2009
Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy (DMD/BMD) is a genetic disorder that develops in boys. It is caused by a mutation in the gene for dystrophin, a protein that... ... Loss of dystrophin causes muscle fragility that leads to weakness and loss of walking ability during childhood and teenage years. A specific type of mutation, called a nonsense (premature stop codon) mutation is the cause of DMD/BMD in approximately 10-15% of boys with the disease. ...
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View Post: A Good Citizen Arrested for Muscular Dystrophy
12 Nov 2009 by Maegen G. Worley  
Muscular dystrophy is an inherited group of muscle disorders, which causes a slow but progressive degeneration of the muscles. There are various different types of muscular dystrophy Becker's muscular dystrophy, Duchenne muscular ...
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View Post: New drug offers hope to muscular dystrophy sufferers
21 Oct 2009 by Ani  
Mamaherb Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Home Remedy Using Kaempferia galanga: One of nine types of muscular dystrophy, a gr.. http://bit.ly/YZvRE; thumbin Please visit our personal fundraising page for Duchenne muscular dystrophy research: ... to fight Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; duchennemd AMT Receives EMEA Orphan Drug Designation for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; mcgeneral Prevalence of Duchenne/Becker Muscular Dystrophy Among Males Aged 5--24 Years --- Four States, 2007 ...
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View Post: PTC Therapeutics Initiates Phase 2 Clinical Trial of ataluren ...
27 Oct 2009 by Maureen Martino  
We recently initiated a pivotal trial in nonsense mutation cystic fibrosis and expect to complete the pivotal trial in nonsense mutation Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy by the end of the year with results expected to be announced ...
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View Post: Viagra: A Possible Solution For Muscle Dystrophy Joseph D. Smith ...
29 Oct 2009 by Killbe5555  
A recent study conducted by Maya Khairallah of the Montreal Heart Institute and colleagues, shows that certain type of drugs may help people delay or prevent heart failure with the most common forms of muscular dystrophy. ...
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View Post: Creatine - Sports Info
19 hours ago
One study looked at the safety and efficacy of creatine monohydrate in various types of muscular dystrophies using a double blind, crossover trial. Thirty-six patients (12 patients with facioscapulohumeral dystrophy, 10 patients with Becker dystrophy, eight patients with Duchenne dystrophy and six patients with sarcoglycan-deficient limb girdle muscular dystrophy) were randomized to receive creatine or placebo for eight weeks. The researchers found there was a "mild but ...
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View Post: Muscular Dystrophy Types, Muscular Dystrophy Causes Muscle ...
12 Aug 2009 by Health Geek  
Duchenne's muscular dystrophy is the most common type affecting children, and occurs most often in young boys. Other major types of muscular dystrophy are: distal muscular dystrophy; Becker's muscular dystrophy; congenital muscular ...
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View Post: Prosensa, GSK Ink Potential $678M Antisense DMD Pact
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8 Nov 2009 by DoctorFrog   ...
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View Post: Muscular dystrophy
21 Jun 2009 by ihealth  
The two most common forms of muscular dystrophy are Duchenne and Becker. Muscular Dystrophy is a hereditary disease that most typically affects boys. Most commonly and dependent on the type of MD, it is transferred to the baby through ...
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View Post: Fight & Win: Dmd, Bmd & Lgmd with Ayurveda
2 Oct 2009 by Coral Calcium Supreme  
The muscles of the heart and some other involuntary muscles are also affected in some forms of muscular dystrophy, and some forms involve other organs. The main forms of muscular dystrophy are myotonic, Duchenne, Becker, member of the ...
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