Mutations in the nuclear intermediate filament lamin A/C gene are associated with Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy, but cause the disease by unknown mechanisms. Mejat et al. show that one mechanism ...
Department of Clinical Pathology, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, 50 Ilwon-dong, Kanagnam-ku, Seoul, 135-710, Korea Tel. +82-2 ...
Bushwhacking through the cellular jungle, researchers are always relieved to stumble across a known molecular pathway. Imagine their excitement at finding a major intersection in unmapped territory.
People with illnesses tend to be naturally knowledgeable about their illnesses, but not many people read scientific papers and accumulate expertise. However, a woman named Jill Viles, who lives in the ...
A new discovery about how tiny protein clusters form in cells could pave the way for treatments for Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD), a rare genetic disorder that causes muscle weakness and ...
University of Manchester scientists have mapped the mutations in the tiny protein chains that cause a subtype of muscular dystrophy. Published in the journal Nature Communications, the study provides ...
Two time MDA National Ambassador Michael Neufeldt has died, confirms his mother Carol. The New Berlin man was diagnosed with Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy as a child. His parents recalled often ...
When Araliyah Nikolovski struggled to walk or run like other kids at kindy, her mum thought she would improve. Then came a devastating diagnosis. Then two months ago, the Bridgeman Downs family ...
Muscular dystrophies represent a group of more than 30 molecular and clinically heterogeneous genetic disorders, which cause progressive degeneration of the skeletal muscle fibers. Their main feature ...
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