Sentences with phrase «develop myopathy»
For the simvastatin example, roughly one to two percent of patients who take the ubiquitous drug develop myopathy, a painful muscle injury that can lead to kidney complications and death in its most severe forms.
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The discovery of the gene for Native American myopathy, however, may help develop drugs to treat the myopathy, as well as other related muscle diseases.
We have developed a screening strategy that has the potential to identify new molecules that can rescue nuclear positioning defects observed in centronuclear myopathies.
His research interests are focused on the molecular genetics of the inherited myopathies and neuromuscular junction disorders and the study of animal models of these disorders as a means to understand their pathophysiology as well as to develop means to monitor disease progression and therapeutic interventions.