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World Myositis Day: 21 September
On 16/09/2025
Every year since 2001, 21 September has been World Myositis Day. Myositis is an autoimmune muscle disease that can affect adults and children. It causes…
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An inflammatory factor in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
On 16/09/2025
Two French publications suggest that an inflammatory mechanism may be involved in certain forms of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), which are generally considered to be exclusively…
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International Myotonic Dystrophy Awareness Day
On 15/09/2025
International Myotonic Dystrophy Awareness Day takes place every year on 15 September. It aims to raise awareness on this neuromuscular disease among the medical profession,…
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Review of current and emerging therapeutic strategies in DMD
On 15/09/2025
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a serious, progressive genetic disorder. It is caused by mutations in the DMD gene that result in the absence of…
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Researchers from the Institute attending the ESGCT conference
On 15/09/2025
The 32nd Annual Meeting of the European Society for Gene & Cell Therapy (ESGCT) will be held in Seville, Spain, from 7 to 10 October…
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AcadeMYO Winter School: 8-10 December 2025 online
On 14/09/2025
Join us for this unique opportunity to perfect your skills in myology, an increasingly exciting discipline dedicated to neuromuscular science! All professionals manifesting some interest…
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An innovating method of molecular decoding developed to rejuvenate muscle cells
On 14/09/2025
Andrew Ho, a researcher at the Institute of Myology, is the first co-author of an article that has just been published in the June 2025…
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Institute experts at the WMS 2025 Congress
On 12/09/2025
The 30th International Congress of the World Muscle Society (WMS) will be held from 7 to 11 October 2025 in Vienna, Austria. The Institute…
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Only part of the D4Z4 region is necessary for epigenetic repression of DUX4
On 12/09/2025
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is caused by the abnormal and delayed expression of a transcription factor called DUX4, which has a deleterious effect on adult…
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Large deletions of the NEB gene in distal myopathy
On 11/09/2025
An international consortium of researchers, including two French scientists, studied possible correlations between genotype and phenotype in the context of myopathies linked to the NEB…
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Towards a better understanding and management of SORD-related neuropathy
On 11/09/2025
Biallelic mutations in the SORD (sorbitol dehydrogenase) gene cause neuropathy that can present as a purely motor form (distal hereditary motor neuropathy, dHMN) or as…
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Challenges remain in the design of registries for limb-girdle muscular dystrophies
On 09/09/2025
A study conducted in part by researchers at Henri Mondor Hospital in Paris reports several persistent difficulties in the design and use of registries for…
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A broad genotype range for the TNNC2 gene
On 08/09/2025
French researchers report a case of neonatal hypotonia that was found to be related to a pathological sequence variant in the TNNC2 gene encoding type…
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7 September: World Duchenne Awareness Day
On 07/09/2025
This year’s World Duchenne Awareness Day theme is ‘Family: At the Heart of Care’. A documentary is available on this theme, following families from around…
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Improvement in cardiac and motor function with gene therapy in infantile-onset Pompe disease
On 05/09/2025
Four infants with Pompe disease received an intravenous injection of GC301, a gene therapy that delivers a codon-optimized gene encoding human acid alpha-glucosidase (GAA) carried…
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Identification of CaVβ1 isoforms required in the neuromuscular junction development and maintenance
On 04/09/2025
In skeletal muscle, the voltage-gated calcium channel (VGCC) CaV1.1 enables the coupling between the electrical activity of motor neurons and muscle contraction, following stimulation of…
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UK recommendations to improve orthopedic care in DMD
On 03/09/2025
A group of British experts has formulated recommendations, approved by the British Society for Children’s Orthopaedic Surgery, aimed at harmonizing and improving orthopedic care for…
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A pharmacovigilance study on the use of efgartigimod in myasthenia gravis in the United States
On 03/09/2025
Efgartigimod is one of the new molecules used in refractory forms of myasthenia gravis. Chinese researchers have reviewed the side effects recorded in the Food…
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Encouraging results from the ventilatory weaning protocol during myasthenic crises
On 02/09/2025
French clinicians involved in weaning myasthenic patients undergoing decompensation (myasthenic crisis) report the results of the WEAN Safe protocol applied to a single-center cohort (Paris,…
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Myotonic dystrophy and increased cancer risk: the American experience
On 01/09/2025
American epidemiologists and statisticians sought to better understand the risk of developing cancer in a population with myotonic dystrophy (MD), primarily Steinert’s disease (type 1…