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 ...

Precision BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: DTIL), a clinical stage gene editing company utilizing its novel proprietary ARCUS® platform to develop in vivo gene editing therapies for high unmet need diseases ...

Precision BioSciences Inc. (NASDAQ:DTIL) presented new preclinical findings for its PBGENE-DMD gene therapy at the Muscular ...

A cell therapy preserves muscle structure and function in laboratory mice with a type of disease similar to Duchenne muscular dystrophy, according to new research from the Smidt Heart Institute at ...

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," ...

A new mouse model mimicking the liver symptoms of myotonic dystrophy type 1 -- the most prevalent form of adult-onset muscular dystrophy -- provides insight into why patients develop fatty liver ...

Grip strength is something people rarely think about until they experience a decline in it. For older adults, loss of grip ...

Researchers discovered that R. inulinivorans plays an important role in muscle strength and could act as a probiotic candidate for nutraceutical interventions targeting age-related muscle-wasting ...

This study reveals abnormal iron accumulation in the muscles of patients with Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD) and in mice expressing muscle-specific DUX4 (DUX4-Tg mice). Contrary to ...

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 ...