Raising Levels of Protein, Sarcospan, Seen to Benefit Cardiac Muscles in Mouse Model of DMD
Increasing the amount of a protein called sarcospan may help to protect against heart failure in children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a study in mice suggests. The study, “Stabilization of the cardiac sarcolemma by sarcospan rescues DMD-associated cardiomyopathy,” was published in the journal JCI Insight. Despite significant advances…