Determining which patients should receive the treatment will still require individual risk-benefit assessments, experts say.

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A new class of life-saving drugs is helping children who once had no hope. But some carry a price tag of millions for a ...

Mind-body coach Dana Santas shows how you can create strength gains without gym equipment by progressing body-weight ...

Adult skeletal muscle is a tissue with a high capacity for regeneration due to the existence of stem cell population, termed ...

For more than two decades, researchers at the University of Basel, Switzerland, have been investigating a severe form of muscular dystrophy in which muscles progressively degenerate. The research team ...

The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Jeremy Bray has a ...

Skeletal muscles attach to bones by tendons. They contract and relax to pull bones and allow movement. These are called voluntary muscles because they are controlled at will to create fine movements ...

UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, Sports Science Institute of South Africa, Newlands, South Africa Objective: The ...

What is a muscle biopsy? A muscle biopsy is a procedure used to diagnose diseases involving muscle tissue. Your healthcare provider will remove a small portion of a specific muscle and view it under a ...

Across the U.S., the neuromuscular disease community is preparing to mark Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Month this September, with a series of events and activities aimed at spotlighting muscular ...