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Protein Acts as Antagonist to Strengthen Muscle

Another approach to improving the health of patients with neuromuscular diseases is to treat the life-threatening effects of the diseases, most notably the muscle degeneration that destroys patients’ ability to walk and ultimately takes their lives.

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Preventing Muscle Damage Caused by Inflammation

While myostatin blocks muscle differentiation and growth, inflammation contributes to muscle death in neuromuscular diseases. In muscular dystrophy, the immune process is heightened, which contributes to chronic inflammation that kills muscle cells.

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Nationwide Children's Hospital Study Named Among Top Ten Clinical Research Achievement Awards by the Clinical Research Forum

The first clinical trial to test the functional replacement of the mutated gene responsible for SMA1 will be recognized at the 2018 Top Ten Clinical Research Achievement Awards at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on April 18, 2018.

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Your home should feel like a safe place. Following these tips will help keep your family safe around the house.

Poison

Every year in the United States, there are over 2.4 million poison exposures. A poison is something that can make you sick if you eat, drink, touch, or breathe it. 

Transportation

Motor vehicle crashes are one of the leading causes of injuries among adults and children in the United States. Every 15 minutes in the U.S. one person is killed and 66 are treated in an ER.

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March 2015

Dr. Jerry Mendell discusses phase 1/2a follistatin gene therapy trial for becker muscular dystrophy.