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 ...

An international research team with the participation of researchers from the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), ...

This study reveals abnormal iron accumulation in the muscles of patients with Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD) and in mice expressing muscle-specific DUX4 (DUX4-Tg mice). Contrary to ...

A new mouse model mimicking the liver symptoms of myotonic dystrophy type 1 -- the most prevalent form of adult-onset muscular dystrophy -- provides insight into why patients develop fatty liver ...

A cell therapy preserves muscle structure and function in laboratory mice with a type of disease similar to Duchenne muscular dystrophy, according to new research from the Smidt Heart Institute at ...

Czech playwright Karel Capek coined the word “robot” in his seminal 1920 work, “Rossum’s Universal Robots.” In this dark piece of sci-fi, the term described flesh-and-blood laborers made from organic ...

Blocking the JNK pathway eased disease severity and extended survival in SMA mice, pointing to a potential new treatment ...

Satellos Bioscience Inc. has released promising preliminary data showing SAT-3247 can improve skeletal muscle function in a mouse model of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD).

Megan Molteni reports on discoveries from the frontiers of genomic medicine, neuroscience, and reproductive tech. She joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at WIRED. You can reach ...