Inflammatory myopathies can be challenging to treat, but a new study reports encouraging findings for patients with these debilitating conditions. Researchers from Japan have found that a novel member ...
LA JOLLA (July 24, 2023)—Although infections can present with many different symptoms, one common symptom is the loss of fat and muscle, a process called wasting. Salk scientists wanted to know ...
People with spinal muscle atrophy (SMA), an inherited neuromuscular disease, usually experience muscle weakness that impacts movement. New research suggests that electrical spinal cord stimulation ...
Infections can present with many different symptoms, and one common symptom is wasting, which involves the loss of fat and in extreme cases lean muscle as well. Researchers in the lab of Salk ...
Dr. Diana Castro (left) checks Hudson Sanford’s, a young boy with Duchenne muscular dystrophy traveling from Arizona, heartbeat before he is dosed with ELEVIDYS at the Neurology & Neuromuscular Care ...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is more likely to conjure images of breathlessness rather than weak muscles, but can COPD also cause muscle weakness? Research seems to show a correlation.
The effect of iron supplementation on skeletal muscle atrophy in cancer patients and sufferers from other wasting diseases has been investigated by scientists who studied causes of these conditions in ...
Poliomyelitis (“polio”) is a severe and potentially life threatening condition caused by the poliovirus. If you had a polio infection as a child and have since recovered, it’s still possible to ...
A drug candidate found to protect nerve cells damaged by motor neuron disease (MND), could offer new hope to people living ...
Most orphans at the school do not get enough of the essential vitamins and minerals they need from their diet, leading to ...
Scientists discovered that 1) the wasting response to T. brucei infection in mice occurs in two phases, each regulated by different immune cells and 2) fat loss did not benefit the fight against ...
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