Myotonic Dystrophy

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Name: Myotonic Dystrophy

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Ottawa researcher named 2013 Champion of Genetics

, Victoria BC - The Canadian Gene Cure Foundation (CGCF), a national, charitable foundation committed to enabling Canadians to lead the world in the discovery and advancement of cures for inherited diseases, has honoured Dr. Alex MacKenzie by naming him ... [Published Bio-Medicine - May 08 2013]

Entities: Genetics, Alex Mackenzie, Ottawa, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Myotonic Dystrophy

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Senior Post-Doctoral Fellow

Postdoctoral Fellow: Repeat Instability, DNA repair and Neurodegenerative DiseaseSeeking two postdoctoral fellows in the lab of Dr. Christopher E. Pearson. Research focus is on disease-associated repeat instability (ie repeat expansions). Expansion of ... [Published Molecular Systems Biology - May 08 2013]

Entities: Molecular Genetics, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, DNA, Molecular Biology

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

New Molecule Heralds Hope for Muscular Dystrophy Treatment, University of Illinois Study

Staying up-to-date has never been simpler. Sign up for the today! There's hope for patients with myotonic dystrophy. A new small molecule developed by researchers at the has been shown to break up the protein-RNA clusters that cause the disease in living ... [Published BioSpace - May 02 2013]

Entities: Muscular Dystrophy, University of Illinois, Molecule

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

New hope for patients with myotonic dystrophy

There's hope for patients with myotonic dystrophy. A new small molecule developed by researchers at the University of Illinois has been shown to break up the protein-RNA clusters that cause the disease in living human cells, an important first step toward ... [Published News-Medical.Net - May 02 2013]

Entities: Myotonic Dystrophy, RNA, Protein

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Ithaca College

Neighbors: Ithaca College senior takes on muscular dystrophy

_ ITHACA ? Michael Kaneff has a mission. He wants a cure for muscular dystrophy, and he is driven by a very personal reason.Kaneffs mother, Judith Kaneff, was diagnosed with myotonic dystrophy type 2 in 2006. Since then, Kaneff has watched his mothers ... [Published Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - May 01 2013]

Entities: Ithaca College, Muscular Dystrophy, Myotonic Dystrophy, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 3 reports

Molecule Offers Hope for Muscular Dystrophy

There’s hope for patients with myotonic dystrophy. A new small molecule developed by researchers at the University of Illinois has been shown to break up the protein-RNA clusters that cause the disease in living human cells, an important first step toward ... [Published Drug Discovery and Development - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Molecule, RNA, Myotonic Dystrophy, Protein, Muscular Dystrophy

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

Raising awareness

A COUNCILLOR is organising a coffee morning to raise awareness of the disease which claimed her husband’s life.Roland Forrest died in January 2002 at the age of 71 after suffering from the muscle wasting disease, myotonic dystrophy.Now his widow, Margaret ... [Published Hexham Courant - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Margaret Forrest, Myotonic Dystrophy, Coffee

First reported Jan 23 2013 - Updated Jan 23 2013 - 3 reports

MDA Launches Clinical Network to Speed Myotonic Dystrophy Research

Copyright © thinkBiotech The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) has launched a clinical research network that will provide an infrastructure for trials of new treatments for myotonic muscular dystrophy (MMD, also known as... (PRWeb January 23, ... [Published Biotech Blog - Jan 23 2013]

Entities: Myotonic Dystrophy, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Biotechnology

First reported Dec 12 2012 - Updated Dec 12 2012 - 1 reports

Biogen Idec, Isis Pharma ink pact to discover and develop anti-sense drugs to treat neurological disorders

Biogen Idec and Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. have entered into a global collaboration agreement under which the companies will discover and develop anti-sense drugs against three undisclosed targets to treat neurological or neuromuscular disorders. Both ... [Published PharmaBiz - Dec 12 2012]

Entities: Biogen Idec Inc, Neurological Disorders, Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc, Drugs, Myotonic Dystrophy

First reported Dec 04 2012 - Updated Dec 04 2012 - 1 reports

Dr. Farshchian: Muscle Atrophy a Major Problem with Arthritis, is...

Muscle atrophy a major problem with arthritis, is being treated with cell therapy at the Center for regenerative Medicine, according to Dr. Farshchian from the Center for Regenerative Medicine. Dr. Farshchian is the medical director for The Center for ... [Published PRWeb - Dec 04 2012]

Entities: Arthritis, Muscle atrophy, Regenerative Medicine

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...into another clinical development effort," stated Richard Ho M D , Ph D , Executive Vice President, Research and Development at Marina Biotech. "With the initiation of this trial, Marina will be the only company with a delivery technology that is being used to deliver both single-stranded and double-stranded oligonucleotide therapeutics in clinical trials. We look forward to Mirna's continued advancement of this program and the validation of our oligonucleotide delivery platform."

Marina Biotech Announces That Licensee Mirna Therapeutics Reported Initiation of a Phase 1 Clinic ... [Published Individual.com - May 13 2013]

...Anny Fortin. "Dr. MacKenzie's involvement as a research scientist, medical doctor, advocate and spokesperson for the cause of spinal muscular atrophy (FightSMA) makes him one of the greatest examples of knowledge translation in Canada."

Ottawa researcher named 2013 Champion of Genetics [Published EurekAlert! - May 08 2013]

"This is a disease that currently doesn't have any treatment, so we have a huge interest in finding therapeutic agents" said graduate student Amin Haghighat Jahromi, the first author of the paper

New hope for patients with myotonic dystrophy [Published News-Medical.Net - May 02 2013]

"This is the first study that gives direct evidence for the function of the compound," Jahromi said. "We track how the cell is changing upon treatment with the compound and see the effect directly."

New molecule heralds hope for muscular dystrophy treatment [Published PhysOrg.com - Apr 30 2013]

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