Surgical treatment of severe spine deformities, or scoliosis, can be a treatment possibility for patients with neuromuscular diseases. A case report titled “Spinal fusion in a patient with Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy” was published the journal Brain & Development. It showed that a surgical approach for the treatment of progressive scoliosis improved…
Spending more time outdoors, engaging in daily activities and living in a community that accepts patients and their families all tend to improve the lives of boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a European analysis finds. The analysis,“Predictors of Health-Related Quality of Life in boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy from six European…
Scientists have developed two new approaches to kill RNA molecules responsible for incurable diseases such as muscular dystrophy (MD), according to a study. One is designing small molecules that destroy only disease-causing RNA. The other approach is using a disease-causing RNA as a catalyst to create a therapy that kills…
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