An animal research model has been developed for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) to be used for muscle regeneration research as well as studies of the effectiveness of potential ...

Treatment restores some function in animal models of spinal muscular atrophy Date: October 14, 2015 Source: Jackson Laboratory Summary: In work involving several new generations of mouse model ...

Accomplishing perhaps a world first, researchers at Columbia University and the UChicago-affiliated Marine Biological Laboratory have mapped the full-body muscular activity of an animal while it was ...

DMD is difficult to study, primarily owing to its rapid lethality and lack of animal models that mirror the symptoms seen in humans. Golden Retriever Muscular Dystrophy (GRMD) dogs, carrying the ...

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati say a regulatory protein found in skeletal muscle fiber may play an important role in the body's fight or flight response when encountering stressful ...

In work involving several new generations of mouse model development, Jackson Laboratory (JAX) researchers have tested a therapeutic intervention for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) that restores ...