Sentences with phrase «duchenne research»

The momentum in Duchenne research has never felt more active and promising.

I feel like I'm contributing and I'm excited because the field of Duchenne research is advancing in a really positive direction.»

Young, a UCLA predoctoral fellow and president of a UCLA student group called Bruin Allies for Duchenne, is particularly passionate about Duchenne research because she has a cousin with the disease.

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Also at 1 p.m., Sen. Marty Golden will join Pietro Scarso and his parents, Manni and Dayna Scarso, at a press event to celebrate the «PJ's for PJ» fundraising event organized to raise key research dollars to end Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Stepping Stones The Next Step, 9321 Ridge Blvd., Brooklyn.

New research has shown that the corticosteroid deflazacort is a safe and effective treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Whilst there I worked on a research project studying the genetics of inherited deafness and also performed routine genetic screening and prenatal diagnoses for diseases such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy and cystic fibrosis.

In their research, authors Sajedah M. Hindi, Ph.D., and Ashok Kumar, Ph.D., discovered that removing TRAF6 depletes Pax7, resulting in reduced muscle regeneration in both normal and Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) mouse models.

«This work demonstrates the feasibility of using a single gene editing platform, plus the regenerative power of stem cells to correct genetic mutations and restore dystrophin production for 60 percent of Duchenne patients,» said Pyle, associate professor of microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics and member of the Broad Stem Cell Research Center.

Scientists at the UCLA Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research and Center for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy at UCLA have developed a new approach that could eventually be used to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

The scientists also received funding from the Washington Research Foundation, the Duchenne Alliance, RaceMD, and Ryan's Quest.

Bridget Waller, a psychologist at the University of Portsmouth in England, and her colleagues demonstrated this with a new twist on Duchenne's old research.

«For nearly 20 years, we've thought that the muscle weakness observed in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy is primarily due to problems in their muscle fibres, but our research shows that it is also due to intrinsic defects in the function of their muscle stem cells,» said Dr. Michael Rudnicki, senior author of the study.

The discovery is being hailed by experts in the field, including Dr. Ronald Worton, who co-discovered the gene for Duchenne muscular dystrophy in 1987 and served as Vice-President of research at The Ottawa Hospital for 11 years.

«The study showed for the first time that a modified nNOS gene could be delivered through gene therapy to protect the hearts of mice from Duchenne muscular dystrophy,» said Dongsheng Duan, PhD, co-author of the study and Margaret Proctor Mulligan Professor in Medical Research at the MU School of Medicine.

The research, which appears online Aug. 1 in the journal Annals of Neurology, is the first study from a double - blind controlled randomized trial of an exon - skipping agent to provide conclusive proof based on the standard six - minute walk test used to measure muscle function in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), the most common form of muscular dystrophy in children.

McNally initiated the research because she wanted to understand how prednisone — which is given to treat individuals with a form of muscular dystrophy called Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy — prolongs patients» ability to walk independently and stay out of a wheelchair.

For now, we are looking forward to seeing the results of further research into Duchenne muscular dystrophy to support these early promising results.»

Multiple research groups and companies are hot on the tracks of unleashing CRISPR on sickle cell disease, hemophilia, cystic fibrosis, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, genetic forms of blindness, and, of course, cancer.

The research was supported by grants from the Oppenheimer Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the National Center for Research Resources and the Chinese Scholarship Council of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, as well as funding from the Center for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy at UCLA and the Broad Stem Cell Researchresearch was supported by grants from the Oppenheimer Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the National Center for Research Resources and the Chinese Scholarship Council of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, as well as funding from the Center for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy at UCLA and the Broad Stem Cell ResearchResearch Resources and the Chinese Scholarship Council of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, as well as funding from the Center for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy at UCLA and the Broad Stem Cell ResearchResearch Center.

The discovery is being hailed by experts in the field, including Dr. Ronald Worton, who co-discovered the gene for Duchenne muscular dystrophy in 1987 and served as Vice-President of Research at The Ottawa Hospital from 1996 to 2007.

Introduction: Gene S. Fisch, CUNY / Baruch College Recipient: Kay E. Davies, DPhil Dr. Lee's Professor of Anatomy, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, and Associate Head of the Medical Sciences Division Director of the Medical Research Council Functional Genomics Unit, University of Oxford, UK Dr. Davies led early research into Duchenne Muscular DystrophResearch Council Functional Genomics Unit, University of Oxford, UK Dr. Davies led early research into Duchenne Muscular Dystrophresearch into Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD).

Research shows that a true duchenne smile is characterized by raised corners of the mouth and raised cheekbones.