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DYNE-101 trial in Steinert disease: preliminary results announced
On 21/02/2024
Dyne Therapeutics, the company developing the antisense oligonucleotide DYNE-101 for Steinert disease, has published initial results from its ongoing ACHIEVE trial. This is a Phase…
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Zolgensma results from the RESTORE register in SMA
On 21/02/2024
Sponsored by Novartis, the RESTORE registry collects data from patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), in particular on one of three treatments (Zolgensma, Spinraza and…
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ATL1102, an antisense oligonucleotide being tested against inflammation in DMD
On 20/02/2024
CD49d production by CD49d+ T lymphocytes in diseased muscle contributes to increased inflammation, and its abundance is associated with greater severity of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.…
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Central nervous system complications in infantile forms of Pompe disease treated
On 20/02/2024
American researchers followed children with early-onset Pompe disease on long-term enzyme replacement therapy (ERT). Six of them developed severe neurological complications: these complications appeared on…
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Robotic-assisted versus open thymectomy in myasthenia gravis with thymoma, Italian results
On 19/02/2024
A multicenter retrospective study conducted in Italy on 213 patients with autoimmune myasthenia operated on between 2011 and 2021 for a thymoma, advanced stage (Masaoka-Koga…
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Guidelines for good practice in respiratory care for DMD in the UK
On 19/02/2024
To address the disparities that exist between the various specialist centres in the UK, a neuromuscular expert group made up of pulmonologists, neurologists, physiotherapists and…
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The experience of a French Neuromuscular Disease Reference Centre with patients suffering from collagenopathy
On 16/02/2024
Analysis of the genetic and clinical data from a cohort of 25 patients, children and adults, with defects in the collagen VI (COL6A1-3) genes and…
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The serological signature of certain types of myositis could be useful in establishing a pulmonary prognosis
On 15/02/2024
British and Spanish researchers retrospectively analysed the profile of myositis-specific autoantibodies in a group of patients with inflammatory myopathy with associated pneumonitis (ILD-IMM) and in…
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Results of phase II trial of nipocalimab in myasthenia gravis published
On 14/02/2024
Following an initial presentation at the 2021 American Academy of Neurology meeting, the final (and more moderate) results of the Vivacity-MG trial were published in…
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Myology 2024 opening lecture by Drew Weissman, co-winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine, and Jeffrey Chamberlain
On 13/02/2024
Myology 2024 in Paris, join us now! Book your place at a preferential rate until 19 Feb., after this date, registration will be possible at…
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Pure distal myopathy involving the TDP-43 protein
On 13/02/2024
A team of researchers and clinicians from Lyon report two unrelated families from the Ain region with late-onset distal myopathy with no signs likely to…
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Engineering muscle for human transplant – Interview with Bruno Cadot
On 12/02/2024
Bruno Cadot won a call for proposals organised by the German National Innovation Fund (SPRIN-D) to finance his innovative project to create a synthetic muscle,…
Events
M&M’s – Muscle Monday Seminar – 12 February – Juanma Fernández Costa (Spain)
On 12/02/2024
Organs-on-chip for muscular dystrophies: advanced models for evaluation of potential therapies 12 Febuary 2024 – From 12 to 1 pm Juanma Fernández Costa (BIST, Spain)…
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DMD: altered iron metabolism in cardiomyocytes corrected by deferoxamine or pioglitazone
On 12/02/2024
A Polish team has investigated the mechanism involved in Duchenne cardiomyopathy by studying the transcriptome and proteome of exon 50-deleted cardiomyocytes derived from human iPS…
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ASPIRO trial: muscle lesions regress less quickly and less completely than in dogs
On 09/02/2024
Muscle biopsies were taken before and after gene therapy in 10 children with myotubular myopathy participating in the ASPIRO trial. At 24 weeks after treatment,…
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A Franco-British study of spinal muscular atrophy not linked to chromosome 5q
On 08/02/2024
Clinicians and geneticists from the Filnemus network, including members of the Institute of Myology, and from London pooled data from patients presenting with a picture…
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Biphosphonates and DMD: a review of the literature confirms the 2018 management recommendations
On 08/02/2024
A review of the literature on the use of biphosphonates found in 19 publications concerning 1,010 children and adults with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) treated…
Events
Gala Hope – Dance for Research
On 07/02/2024
On 6 February, the Casino de Paris hosted the second Hope Gala. An exceptional evening that brought together the great names of French and international…
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The relevance and accuracy of functional electrophysiological tests in canalopathies and myotonia
On 07/02/2024
The team at the Tampere Reference Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases (Finland) examined the results of functional electrophysiological tests in 27 patients with canalopathy, myotonic dystrophy…
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A large French series of cases of muscular amylopectinosis
On 07/02/2024
French clinicians and biologists report the clinical, histopathological and genetic data of patients in whom the diagnosis of amylopectinosis (also known as Andersen’s syndrome or…