Muscular atrophy refers to the condition when muscles become weak and shrink due to lack of use or other health issues. It means that the muscles are not being used and therefore they lose strength and size.
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«This is the first study done that identifies a target, JNK3, that's independent of the genetic mutation of
spinal muscular atrophy for novel therapeutic development.»
The Boston startup said its deal with the New York - based Spinal
Muscular Atrophy Foundation calls for two years of research and development funding from the foundation.
Lagoon also plans to continue raising money for spinal
muscular atrophy research, which he's been doing since his daughter's birth.
There she studied the molecular mechanism of Spinal and
Bulbar Muscular atrophy using induced pluripotent stem cells.
April 24 - Drugmaker Biogen Inc's quarterly revenue missed analysts» estimates on Tuesday as it had disappointing sales of its promising drug Spinraza to treat spinal
muscular atrophy because fewer new patients used the expensive treatment.
And much of the company's fate will rest on Spinraza, a
new muscular atrophy drug that comes at a steep list price of $ 750,000 for the first year of treatment.
Nusinersen and similar compounds being developed for spinal
muscular atrophy focus on increasing or making more of the SMN gene product that gets converted into usable protein.
People with spinal
muscular atrophy lack a protein that is required for the motor nerve cells in the spinal cord to function.
In a recent study published in the December 15th issue of Human Molecular Genetics, Dr. Gangwani and his team of researchers at TTUHSC El Paso describe how mice with spinal
muscular atrophy saw great improvement when the JNK3 enzyme was genetically inhibited to eliminate its activity.
Spinal
muscular atrophy affects between one in 8000 and one in 12,000 infants, and about one in 50 adults are unaffected carriers.
The SMA Foundation has worked in partnership with several other Spinal
Muscular Atrophy organizations to establish national and international networks of clinics ready for clinical trials.
Spinal
muscular atrophy involves wasting of the skeletal muscles and is caused by gradual degeneration of nerve cells in the spinal cord.
Genetic circuitry of Survival motor neuron, the gene underlying spinal
muscular atrophy Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Jun 11; Authors: Sen A, Dimlich DN, Guruharsha KG, Kankel MW, Hori K, Yokokura T, Brachat S, Richardson D, Loureiro J, Sivasankaran R, Curtis D, Davidow LS, Rubin LL, Hart AC, Van Vactor D, Artavanis - Tsakonas S
2013 May 16; Authors: Kissel JT, Elsheikh B, King WM, Freimer M, Scott CB, Kolb S, Reyna SP, Crawford TO, Simard LR, Krosschell KJ, Acsadi G, Schroth MK, D'Anjou G, Lasalle B, Prior TW, Sorenson S, Maczulski JA, Swoboda KJ, For the Project Cure Spinal
Muscular Atrophy Investigators» Network
CMT, also known as hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy (HMSN) or
peroneal muscular atrophy, comprises a group of disorders caused by mutations in genes that affect the normal function of the peripheral nerves.
The researchers discovered that regular strength training improved muscle strength,
lessened muscular atrophy, and that bones and tendons adapt too.
As we know, catabolism and
muscular atrophy doesn't really take place until after 24 hours of not eating so fasting for 16 - 20 hours a day is perfectly acceptable and encouraged when trying to lose weight.
New York, NY — December 1, 2006 — The Spinal
Muscular Atrophy Foundation announces the addition of Ivan Lieberburg, Ph.D., M.D. and Edward Kaye, M.D. to its Scientific Advisory Board.
This year, for example, scientists in Germany and at the health institutes showed that valproic acid, an epilepsy drug, could more than double S.M.N. protein levels in cell cultures taken from spinal
muscular atrophy patients.
CREBBP has also been associated with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig's disease, a neurodegenerative disease with progressive degeneration of motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord, Alzheimer's disease and poly glutamine repeat diseases such as Spinal and
Bulbar Muscular Atrophy and Huntington's disease.
This can result in various clinical signs
including muscular atrophy, inhibition or interruption of neuronal control of tissue and organ function, muscular excitation, incoordination and weakness, as well as seizures [2,10,31].
The
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation awarded the grant to Curis to identify therapeutic compounds that could be used to treat the neuromuscular disease, which is the leading genetic cause of infant and toddler -LSB-...]
It's aggressively focused on curing spinal
muscular atrophy.
Reldesemtiv has been granted orphan drug designation by the FDA for the potential treatment of spinal
muscular atrophy.
Beyond Alzheimer's, Genentech is working on other neuroscience programs in multiple sclerosis and rare neurologic conditions like Huntington's and spinal
muscular atrophy, at a time when other pharmaceutical companies have largely left the space.
Reldesemtiv is the subject of three ongoing Phase 2 clinical trials enrolling patients with spinal
muscular atrophy, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
SPINRAZA ® (nusinersen) has been approved in global markets for the treatment of spinal
muscular atrophy (SMA).
Spinraza, the first Food and Drug Administration - approved treatment for spinal
muscular atrophy, had quarterly...
Growing up with spinal
muscular atrophy, Maayan Ziv knows firsthand the frustration and challenges that a lack of accessibility can cause.
And, more recently, we witnessed the approval of Spinraza as a treatment for spinal
muscular atrophy (SMA) in adults and children this past December.
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