Sentences with phrase «as myotonic»
Dr. Barbé: The molecular mechanisms responsible for the onset and severity of repeat diseases, such as myotonic dystrophy and Huntington's disease, are largely unknown.
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Myotonic dystrophy, also known as Steinert disease, is the commonest adult form of muscular dystrophy.
For the first time, through the use of human embryonic stem cells (hES) sourced from pre-implantation diagnosis, researchers from Inserm's Institute for Stem Cell Therapy and Exploration of Monogenic Diseases (I - Stem) have successfully identified the previously unknown mechanisms involved in Steinert» disease, also known as type 1 myotonic dystrophy.
This specific disease of muscles appears to be found only in our breed and is now known medically as Myotonia or Myotonic Myopathy.