Sunday 28 October 2012

Boosting Vitamin Activity Could Help Reduce Muscle Degeneration in Patients With Muscular Dystrophy

A new study conducted by researchers at University of Maine reveals that the muscle degeneration and the reduced mobility caused by muscular dystrophies can be treated by boosting the activity of a vitamin sensitive cell adhesion pathway. The discovery, published 23 October in the open access journal iPLOS Biology/i, is particularly important for congenital muscular dystrophies, which are progressive, debilitating and often lethal diseases that currently remain ...

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