Muscular Dystrophy Animations

Novel Transport Mechanism For Large Ribonucleoproteins Has Implications For Herpes
The movement of genetic materials, such as RNA and ribosomes, from the nucleus to the cytoplasm is a critical component in a cell's ability to make the proteins necessary for essential biological functions. Until now, it was believed the nuclear pore complex was the sole pathway between the cell nucleus and cytoplasm for these materials...

Genetic Mutation Causing Rare Form Of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Identified By Researchers
Scientists have confirmed that mutations of a gene are responsible for some cases of a rare, inherited disease that causes progressive muscle degeneration and weakness: spinal muscular atrophy with lower extremity predominance, also known as SMA-LED...

New Muscular Dystrophy Treatment Approach Using Human Stem Cells Effective In Mouse Model
Researchers from the University of Minnesota's Lillehei Heart Institute have effectively treated muscular dystrophy in mice using human stem cells derived from a new process that - for the first time - makes the production of human muscle cells from stem cells efficient and effective...

Spinal Muscular Atrophy - Movement Defects Cause Possibly Found
According to a study published in the April 11 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience, researchers have found that an abnormally low level of survival motor neuron protein (SMN), in certain nerve cells, is associated with mobility problems that characterize spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) - a deadly childhood disorder. SMA is a genetic disorder in which motor neurons do not produce enough SMN...

In Childhood Back Surgery, Risk Of Blood Loss Varies With Cause Of Spine Deformity
The relative risk of blood loss during corrective spine surgery in children appears linked to the underlying condition causing the spinal deformity, according to a new study from Johns Hopkins Children's Center. Results of the study, published online in the journal Spine, can help surgeons prepare, plan and safeguard against this common and serious complication, the investigators say...

Advances In Muscular Dystrophy Research Offer Treatment Hope
An international team led by the University of Melbourne Australia, has found that increasing a specific protein in muscles could help treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a severe and progressive muscle wasting disease that affects young boys. Approximately one in every 3,500 boys worldwide is afflicted with DMD...

Motor Neurone Disease Sees Stem Cell Breakthrough
A breakthrough in a stem-cell programme funded by the UK-based MND Association has greatly improved the chances of developing effective treatments for Motor Neurone Disease (MND) of which the predominant form is Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)...

Interim Results Of Neuralstem ALS Stem Cell Trial
Neuralstem, Inc. (NYSE Amex: CUR) announced that safety results from the first 12 patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease) to receive its stem cells were reported online in the peer-reviewed publication, Stem Cell...

Breakthrough Using Cutting-Edge Stem Cell Research Could Speed Up The Discovery Of New Treatments For Motor Neuron Disease
International research team has created motor neurons using skin cells from a patient with an inherited form of MND. The study discovered that abnormalities of a protein called TDP-43, implicated in more than 90 per cent of cases of MND, resulted in the death of motor neuron cells...

Promising International Model Of Newborn Screening For Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Investigators at Nationwide Children's Hospital, working with the DNA Sequencing Core Facility at the University of Utah, have developed an approach to newborn screening (NBS) for the life-threatening genetic disorder, Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and potentially other muscular dystrophies...

The Molecular Mechanism Responsible For Vertebral Column Degeneration Discovered
Italian researchers at the Catholic University of Sacred Heart in Rome found an important molecular mechanism responsible for low back pain and other acute vertebral problems like cervical axial pain, all due to aging and degeneration of the vertebral column. The team led by Dr...

Increase In Children Living With 'Life-Limiting' Conditions
The number of children with conditions such as muscular dystrophy, neurodegenerative disorders or severe cerebral palsy who are surviving into adulthood has been underestimated, a new study shows...

Muscular Dystrophy Diagnosis Likely To Improve With Next-Generation DNA Sequencing
Scientists at The University of Nottingham have used a revolutionary new DNA-reading technology for a research project that could lead to correct genetic diagnosis for muscle-wasting diseases...

Video Demonstrates Lab Technique Used To Study Mitochondrial Dysfunction In Alzheimer's Disease, Other Disorders
A scientific method paper and video by Loyola researchers has gone viral. The popular video demonstrates a laboratory technique used to study some aspects of mitochondrial dysfunctions in Alzheimer's disease and many other disorders...

Widely Held View On Causal Mechanism In ALS Being Questioned
In science, refuting a hypothesis can be as significant as proving one, all the more so in research aimed at elucidating how diseases proceed with a view toward preventing, treating, or curing them. Such a discovery can save scientists from spending precious years of effort exploring a dead end...