An altered mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, developed to have high levels of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I), has shown increases in muscle mass of at least 40 percent and other ...

University of Florida scientists have used gene therapy to eliminate disabling muscle contractions in a mouse model of the most common form of adult-onset muscular dystrophy. University of Florida ...

Researchers headed by a team at the École Polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) School of Life Sciences have made the first connection between muscular dystrophy (MD) and sphingolipids, a group of ...

Researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have developed a fluorescent mouse model of the most common form of muscular dystrophy, myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), which could help ...

STANFORD, Calif. — Children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy often die as young adults from heart and breathing complications. However, scientists have been puzzled for decades by the fact that ...

A fat yet muscular mouse is helping researchers learn whether more muscle improves the cardiovascular health of obese individuals. "We are looking for ways to counteract the unhealthy effects of fat," ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 106, No. 19 (May 12, 2009), pp. 7991-7996 (6 pages) Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a devastating ...

Adult skeletal muscle has its own stem cell population known as satellite cells (SCs). After muscle injury, quiescent SCs are activated and then proliferate and differentiate into mature skeletal ...

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, Vol. 28, No. 4 (August 2002), pp. 215-221 (7 pages) Objectives This study explores the effects of mental and physical demands on muscular activity ...

NIH/National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases An altered mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, developed to have high levels of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I), ...