Immortalized human myoblasts as an innovative cellular tool
For years, research into muscle dystrophies has been limited due to the fact that the animal-derived dystrophic cellular models, which are required to carry out the research, have low proliferative...
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Two recent reports by Cortes et al. and Lieberman et al. reveal a novel role of skeletal muscle on SBMA pathology and opens new avenues for alternative therapies against motor neuron disorders....
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In a recent publication Nelson et al proposed to use PDE5 inhibitors to treat DMD. Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is a fatal progressive disease that affects about one in 3500 boys. DMD is caused...
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