Stacy Grieve, PhD,  —

Shortened Telomeres Linked to Muscle Degeneration in Duchenne, Study Finds

Young muscle stem cells in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy have shortened telomeres, causing these cells to be less able to build new muscle, according to new research. A full discussion of the results of this study, “Single Stem Cell Imaging and Analysis Reveals Telomere Length Differences in Diseased Human and Mouse…

Dystrophin Protein Essential For Maturation of Brain Cells, Study Finds

Researchers, using a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), have discovered that a specific protein, dystrophin, plays an essential role in myelination during postnatal brain development. The protein dystrophin plays a major role in DMD. Mutations in the dystrophin gene are a major contributing factor for the development of…