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"This Month in Muscular Dystrophy"

Podcasts Dedicated to the Latest Neuromuscular Research

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Hosted by Kevin Flanigan, MD, "This Month in Muscular Dystrophy" podcasts highlight the latest in muscular dystrophy and other inherited neuromuscular disease research.  During each podcast, authors of recent publications discuss how their work improves o  ur understanding of inherited neuromuscular diseases, and what their work might mean for treatment of these diseases.
 
 
 

Featured Podcasts

Dr. Jerry Mendell Discusses Newborn Screening in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy :: April 2012

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Guest: Jerry Mendell, MD, director, Center for Gene Therapy, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

Access an abstract of this month’s featured research article: Evidence-based path to newborn screening for duchenne muscular dystrophy. Ann Neurol. 2012 Mar;71(3):304-13.

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Dr. Thomas Voit Discusses Gamma Sarcoglycan Gene Therapy :: March 2012

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Guest: Thomas Voit, medical and scientific director, Institut de Myologie, Paris, France

Access an abstract of this month’s featured research article: A phase I trial of adeno-associated virus serotype 1-γ-sarcoglycan gene therapy for limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 2C. Brain. 2012 Feb;135(Pt 2):483-92.

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Dr. Burghes Discusses Antisense Oligomer Treatment in an SMA Mouse Model :: February 2012

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Guest: Arthur Burghes, PhD, professor of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Molecular Genetics and Neurology, The Ohio State University

Access an abstract of this month’s featured research article: A single administration of morpholino antisense oligomer rescues spinal muscular atrophy in mouse. Hum Mol Genet. 2011 Dec 30. [Epub ahead of print]

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January 2012 :: Dr. Steve Wilton Discusses Antisense-Induced Exon Skipping

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Guest:  Professor Steve Wilton, Australian Neuromuscular Research Institute, The University of Western Australia.

Access an abstract of this month’s featured research article: Dystrophin isoform induction in vivo by antisense-mediated alternative splicing. Mol Ther. 2010 Jun;18(6):1218-23. 

December 2011 :: Dr. Denis Guttridge Discusses NF-kB Therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy 

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Guest:  Denis Guttridge, PhD, Associate Professor, Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics, The Ohio State University

Access an abstract of this month’s featured research articles: Improvement of cardiac contractile function by peptide-based inhibition of NF-κB in the utrophin/dystrophin-deficient murine model of muscular dystrophy.  J Transl Med. 2011 May 17;9:68. doi: 10.1186/1479-5876-9-68.

Peptide-based inhibition of NF-κB rescues diaphragm muscle contractile dysfunction in a murine model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.  Mol Med. 2011 May-Jun;17(5-6):508-15. doi: 10.2119/molmed.2010.00263.

2011 Podcasts

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2011 Podcasts

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2010 Podcasts

The "This Month in Muscular Dystrophy" Podcast series saw its start in 2010.  Access the 2010 podcasts.

 

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