If cancer is a disease of overabundance, where cells divide without restraint and tumors grow despite the body's best interests, then degenerative diseases are disorders of deprivation. When ...

Pathologic changes of the X-chromosome gene for dystrophin give rise to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), and dystrophin -- which minimizes muscle fiber loss due to sarcolemma contraction damage when ...

When it comes to muscular diseases, most of us have heard of especially common ones like muscular dystrophy and Lou Gehrig's disease. But one of the rarest muscular disorders is also one of the most ...

Duchenne muscular dystrophy is the most common early onset form of muscular dystrophy; many boys become wheelchair bound in their teens and die in their twenties. People with limb girdle muscular ...

Inflammation is an important part of the body's defenses, eliminating threats and repairing damage. When the immune system is overactivated, though, it can turn from friend to foe. Now, researchers ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Intellia Therapeutics Inc. have announced an expanded research collaboration ...

People frequently wait years to be "taken seriously," postcode lotteries for access to care and a general lack of knowledge are among some of the key findings from a University of Aberdeen ...