While scientists have identified one protein, dystrophin, as an important piece to curing muscular dystrophy, another part of the mystery has eluded scientists for the past 14 years. Now, scientists ...

A study on mice suggests that a type of stem cells found in blood vessels may someday be able to regenerate wasting muscle in muscular dystrophy (MD) patients. A study on mice suggests that a type of ...

Muscular dystrophy is a group of disorders that involve a progressive loss of muscle mass and consequent loss of strength. In general, the condition is caused by genetic variations that interfere with ...

ANN ARBOR, MI - When he was first diagnosed with Becker's muscular dystrophy at age 13, Jason Morgan was told he likely would lose his ability to walk sometime in his mid 20s. And to make matters ...

This quick alphabetical guide will help you feel more confident when talking about muscular dystrophy with your doctor and loved ones. Muscular dystrophy is the name for a group of genetic diseases ...

ARLINGTON (CBSDFW.COM) — Methodist Mansfield Medical Center Director Dr. Robert McMichael, who lives with limb girdle muscular dystrophy, participated in a muscular dystrophy fundraising walk at Globe ...

The muscular dystrophies represent disorders of progressive muscular degeneration and weakness. As a group, they exhibit clinical heterogeneity that reflects diverse molecular mechanisms responsible ...

Muscular dystrophies represent a group of inherited primary diseases of muscle, characterized by muscle fiber degeneration and muscle weakness. Classification of these conditions has traditionally ...