Durham-based Precision BioSciences, a gene-editing company, has received regulatory clearance to begin a clinical study of its potential treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a rare ...

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed a new technique to better understand and test treatments for a group of extremely rare muscle disorders called dysferlinopathy or limb girdle ...

Researchers at the University of Basel have developed a gene therapy that could potentially treat a rare and currently fatal ...

Now, a story about a mighty mouse, a skinny man, some Belgian cattle, and a remarkable scientific discovery. The outcome could change the lives of hundreds of thousands of people with muscle-wasting ...

Muscle ultrasound has emerged as a pivotal, non‐invasive imaging modality that offers real‐time insights into muscle structure and pathology. This technique enables both qualitative and quantitative ...

A Regeneron Pharmaceuticals drug that lowers levels of a disease-driving protein has met the goals of a pivotal test in the rare disease generalized myasthenia gravis. Based on these results, ...

A team at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) has developed an innovative method known as TEVs-TTN, for studying the specific mechanical functions of proteins through their ...

Dyne Therapeutics, Inc. develops treatments for muscle diseases using its FORCE platform, with promising candidates DYNE-101 and DYNE-251 targeting DM1 and DMD, respectively. DYNE-251 shows ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This image from video provided by UPMC and University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences shows Doug McCullough, who has spinal muscular ...

Muscle matters more than most people think, and building lean mass works like installing a protective buffer for the years ...