Biglycan protein

A novel potential therapy based on a natural human protein significantly slows muscle damage and improves function in mice who have the same genetic mutation as boys with the most common form of muscular dystrophy, according to a paper published online Dec. 27 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. further details here

MU researcher hopes to protect cardiac muscles for children with DMD

MU researcher hopes to protect cardiac muscles for children with DMD: "Gene therapy researcher hopes to protect cardiac muscles for children with deadly disease
Children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) face a future of rapidly weakening muscles, which usually leads to death by respiratory or cardiac failure before their 30th birthday. While researchers are hopeful that gene therapy could eventually evolve into an effective treatment, few have targeted the heart of the problem as much as Dongsheng Duan, PhD."