Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy
RSS feedFSHD: searching for the ideal biomarker
British and Dutch researchers have joined forces to discover a possible biological marker for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD): in view of the disappointing and/or contradictory results of studies of DUX4 gene expression in FSHD myopathy, the researchers focused their attention on genes repressed by PAX7, another gene involved in myogenesis and also interacting with DUX4, … [Read more]
New tools for assessing the follow-up of two forms of muscular dystrophy
Monitoring, either as part of the usual follow-up of patients with muscular dystrophy or as part of clinical trials, is largely based on the use of functional scores: researchers report, in association with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patient associations, the development of an upper limb function scale centred on the needs and feelings of patients … [Read more]
