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Results of phase II trial testing erythromycin in DM1
On 11/03/2024
Based on its efficacy in a mouse model of Steinert’s disease (DM1), a Japanese team evaluated erythromycin (MYD-0124) against placebo in 30 DM1 patients treated…
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Intermediate data confirm good results for efgartigimod in myasthenia gravis
On 08/03/2024
An open-label extension of the international Adapt trial, Adapt+ involved 151 adults with generalized autoimmune myasthenia gravis treated with cycles of four weekly infusions of…
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Remission of refractory necrotizing myopathy after 18 months of CAR-T cell therapy
On 07/03/2024
After good results in lupus, myasthenia and anti-synthetase syndrome, a new publication reports the successful treatment of another autoimmune disease in China with CAR-T cells…
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Physical training pays off in myotubular myopathy
On 07/03/2024
A 23-year-old Dutch man with a moderate form of X-linked mytotubular myopathy describes his experience of physical training and its benefits in a publication: inclusion…
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Some of the autoantibodies associated with myositis have prognostic value in juvenile forms
On 06/03/2024
British researchers studied the serum levels and distribution of myositis-associated autoantibodies (MAAs) in 551 patients previously diagnosed with juvenile myositis: 36% of patients had at…
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Contrasting trends in anti-MDA5 dermatomyositis
On 06/03/2024
Japanese researchers have studied data from 154 patients diagnosed with dermatomyositis (DM), with the presence of autoantibodies directed against the MDA5 (menaloma differentiation-associated gene) antigen:…
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Treatment of adult patients with SMA decided in MDTs
On 04/03/2024
In SMA, as the efficacy data collected on nusinersen and risdiplam have mainly concerned the pediatric population, there is as yet no consensus on treating…
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Gene therapy shows encouraging results in humans for limb-girdle muscular dystrophy linked to SGCB
On 01/03/2024
An ongoing clinical trial sponsored by Sarepta Therapeutics is investigating the safety and efficacy of SRP-9003 (rAAVrh74. MHCK7.hSGCB vector) following systemic infusion in six patients…
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A Marie Sklodowska-Curie European fellowship for Gabriele Ordazzo, postdoc researcher at the Institute
On 29/02/2024
The European Commission has awarded Gabriele Ordazzo, a postdoctoral researcher supervised by Mario Gomes-Pereira (Repeat Expansions & Myotonic Dystrophy team – Gourdon Group), with the…
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Titin fragments as biomarkers for DMD
On 29/02/2024
In order to identify a reliable biomarker for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), researchers associated with the Solid Biosciences laboratory have analysed the biological data of…
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An Iranian cohort of patients with muscular lipidosis
On 29/02/2024
Iranian researchers report the clinical and biological data from a series of nine patients diagnosed with PNPLA2 gene-related muscle lipidosis: the nine patients came from…
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A very rare form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease found in Africa
On 28/02/2024
In line with previous work on the prevalence of Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease on the African continent, Malian and South African researchers report the observation of…
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RhoA protein may be an essential regulator of myoblast fusion
On 27/02/2024
Researchers in Paris have identified the important role played by RhoA, a member of the Rho-type GTPase superfamily already extensively studied in the field of…
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Mitochondrial abnormalities are at the core of the cardiac damage observed in desminopathies
On 27/02/2024
French researchers, supported by AFM-Téléthon, have been investigating the pathophysiological mechanisms behind the cardiopathies frequently observed in primary desminopathies, the most common form of myofibrillar…
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New failure of anti-myostatin therapy in DMD
On 26/02/2024
The investigators who conducted three clinical trials to test the efficacy and safety of taldefgrobep alpha (a myostatin-inhibiting molecule) in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) publish…
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A new gene for Fazio-Londe syndrome?
On 26/02/2024
Fazio-Londe syndrome (FL) and Brown-Vialetto-Van-Laere syndrome (BVVL), two very rare forms of bulbospinal muscular atrophy, have been considered until now as vitamin B2 transporter deficiencies,…
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The rs1800628 A allele of TNF-α, a risk factor for myasthenia and a lack of rapid response to corticosteroids
On 26/02/2024
A Chinese team studied TNF-α polymorphisms in 409 adults with autoimmune myasthenia and 487 controls. They found that : the rs1800628 A allele is significantly…
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An expert opinion on the (good) results of rozanolixizumab in myasthenia gravis
On 23/02/2024
Three neurologists from Toronto’s Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases have analyzed the findings of various trials of rozanolixizumab (Rystiggo®), a monoclonal antibody directed against neonatal Fc…
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Pregnancy planning: an effective way to reduce the serious maternal complications associated with myasthenia gravis
On 22/02/2024
A North American online study gathered 59 women who had 90 pregnancies in the decade following the diagnosis of autoimmune myasthenia : 62.2% of these…
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Publication of a review of the literature concerning neuromuscular complications in connection with vaccination against COVID-19
On 22/02/2024
An Iranian team has carried out an exhaustive review of the literature to determine the extent and nature of neuromuscular complications linked, directly or indirectly,…