Bruno Castro, PhD,  —

In a recent study entitled “Human α7 Integrin Gene (ITGA7) Delivered by Adeno-Associated Virus Extends Survival of Severely Affected Dystrophin/Utrophin-Deficient Mice”, published in the Human Gene Therapy journal, a team of researchers from the Nationwide Children’s Hospital and the Ohio State University used gene therapy…

In a recent paper entitled “Lipogenesis mitigates dysregulated sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium uptake in muscular dystrophy”published in the Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) – Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids journal, U.S. researchers unveiled a relationship between defective lipid biosynthesis and muscle weakness in Duchenne muscular dystrophy.