An altered mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, developed to have high levels of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I), has shown increases in muscle mass of at least 40 percent and other ...

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is the most common form of adult-onset muscular dystrophy, affecting about 1 in 8,000 people.

University of Florida scientists have used gene therapy to eliminate disabling muscle contractions in a mouse model of the most common form of adult-onset muscular dystrophy. University of Florida ...

Researchers headed by a team at the École Polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) School of Life Sciences have made the first connection between muscular dystrophy (MD) and sphingolipids, a group of ...

STANFORD, Calif. — Children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy often die as young adults from heart and breathing complications. However, scientists have been puzzled for decades by the fact that ...

A fat yet muscular mouse is helping researchers learn whether more muscle improves the cardiovascular health of obese individuals. "We are looking for ways to counteract the unhealthy effects of fat," ...

For people with the most common type of muscular dystrophy, one faulty gene wreaks devastating consequences. Researchers have now found a way to deliver a working copy of the gene to the entire ...

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, Vol. 28, No. 4 (August 2002), pp. 215-221 (7 pages) Objectives This study explores the effects of mental and physical demands on muscular activity ...

NIH/National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases An altered mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, developed to have high levels of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I), ...