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Overexpressing utrophin in DMD: a new therapeutic approach in the spotlight
On 30/04/2025
Chinese researchers have revived a therapeutic technique designed to over-express utrophin, an endogenous protein very similar to dystrophin: they used a genome-editing approach in several…
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Data from a cohort of 219 patients with distal myopathy provide further details on the characteristics of these diseases
On 30/04/2025
Spanish doctors have published the demographic, clinical, genetic and physiological data from the largest cohort of patients with distal myopathy. With 219 patients included, the…
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A significant advance in DMD cell therapy
On 29/04/2025
British researchers have succeeded in significantly improving the grafting of myogenic progenitor cells (MPC) into the muscle fibre of mouse models of Duchenne muscular dystrophy:…
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Towards a European register of autoimmune myasthenia gravis cases
On 29/04/2025
At a time when innovative therapies are being developed for refractory forms of autoimmune myasthenia gravis, the idea of setting up a European register is…
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Valproic acid improves exon skipping efficiency in DMD mouse models
On 28/04/2025
The major challenge of exon skipping therapy in Duchenne muscular dystrophy is to effectively deliver the antisense oligonucleotides to the targeted tissues, in this case…
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Repeated intrathecal injections of nusinersen and pain syndrome: can we anticipate its onset?
On 28/04/2025
South Korean researchers sought to identify predictive factors for the occurrence of a pain syndrome after long-term transforaminal injection of nusinernen in patients with SMA: 34…
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CARAC, premium partner of the future Foundation of Myology, visits the Institute
On 24/04/2025
On Wednesday 23 April 2025, the Institute of Myology was pleased to welcome the Chairman and Chief Executive of CARAC and around ten members of…
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An English study on mortality in SMA in the era of innovative therapies
On 21/04/2025
The UK consortium dedicated to the care of young patients with SMA has carried out a retrospective mortality study using data from the national SMA…
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CMT X1: positive results in mice with a new gene therapy
On 14/04/2025
A Cypriot team has developed a new gene therapy called AAVrh10-hMPZ.GJB1 aimed at restoring connexin 32 expression in X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT X1) and tested…
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Myobank-AFM, a key player in the field of myology research
On 07/04/2025
Myobank-AFM, the Institute of Myology’s biological resource centre, is offering patients a new donation card. This service, set up in 1996 to help researchers and…
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The Muscle Week 3rd edition will take place from 2 to 8 June
On 07/04/2025
The Institute of Myology and the AFM-Téléthon are launching the 3rd edition of Muscle Week, which will take place from 2 to 8 June. The…
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Axonal neuropathy with hereditary neuromyotonia linked to MPZ
On 07/04/2025
Until now, only recessive mutations in the HINT1 gene have been implicated in a form of axonal neuropathy with hereditary neuromyotonia. A Greek team reports…
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Idiopathic myositis: an increased and early risk of cardiovascular events in cases of cardiac involvement at diagnosis
On 04/04/2025
The Hôpital Saint-Antoine (Paris) conducted a retrospective study between 1997 and 2020 of 78 patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (myositis). Of these, 42% had dermatomyositis,…
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A comparative study of costs between nusinersen and onasemnogene abeparvovec
On 04/04/2025
In association with the Novartis laboratory, which markets the onasemnogene abepavovec or OA (a gene therapy product prescribed for infantile spinal muscular atrophy linked to…
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Spinal cord epidural stimulation proves effective in type III SMA
On 04/04/2025
An initial study evaluated epidural stimulation of the spinal cord in three patients with type III spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). While motor deficits may persist…
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A candidate biomarker for mitochondrial diseases: serum chitotriosidase 1
On 03/04/2025
Elevation of serum chitotriosidase is a biomarker of lysosomal diseases, particularly in Niemann-Pick disease. Recently, the lysosomal component of mitochondrial diseases has been discussed. Serum…
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A large proportion of MNM patients in favour of telemedicine, despite some reluctance
On 02/04/2025
A French study collected data from 103 adults with a slowly progressive neuromuscular disease who had been using non-invasive ventilation for at least six months,…
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The diagnostic yield of the Solve RD consortium is 12.6%
On 02/04/2025
The Solve-Rare Diseases (Solve RD) consortium brings together more than 300 clinicians, researchers and geneticists from 12 European countries and Canada. Their systematic re-analysis of…
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Impaired spermatogenesis in SMA
On 01/04/2025
For the first time, clinicians from the Neuromuscular Diseases Reference Centres looked at the spermatogenesis of 68 men with proximal spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) before…
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Mexiletine is rarely prescribed in France for myotonia in children
On 01/04/2025
The network of French specialists in childhood myotonia was mobilised to find out how often and in what ways mexiletine is prescribed, even though it…