SENS. KLOBUCHAR, ISAKSON INTRODUCE PAUL D. WELLSTONE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 8, 2008 ;     477 words ......Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community...excellence'' for muscular dystrophy research...Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative...cure for muscular dystrophy transcends...Thanks to Paul Wellstone's original...build on Paul's legacy...result of ...

Reauthorization of Muscular Dystrophy Bill Signed into Law

U.S. Newswire;  October 9, 2008 ;     694 words ......group, Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD), works with bipartisan...improve patient care for muscular dystrophy. The bill builds on the...of the Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD). Furlong and her...entitledthe "Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy ...

muscular dystrophy

The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia;      172 words ......Mosby Medical Encyclopedia 10-01-1996 muscular dystrophy, a group of inherited diseases. They...of nerve tissue. In all forms of muscular dystrophy there is a slow loss of strength...reduce deformity. See also Becker's muscular dystrophy, distal muscular dystrophy, ...

'I don't 'do' grumpy. The only thing I miss is dancing' echo2 your health...

South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales);  February 14, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Cardiff Bay, was in the early stages of muscular dystrophy when she was at Aman Valley Comprehensive...doctors confirmed she had limb girdle muscular dystrophy, which means her arms and legs are...but further tests showed he had muscular dystrophy. I had been playing netball until...

RESEARCHERS CURE MICE OF MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY

Post-Tribune (IN);  August 19, 1993 ;     461 words ......Jerry Lewis - head cheerleader for muscular dystrophy research - and the researcher is...cured a mouse version of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, the most common childhood form of...Lewis Labor Day Telethon for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Chamberlain's team did...

Fed: Cure for muscular dystrophy near

AAP General News (Australia);  February 22, 2001 ;     391 words ......Australia) 02-22-2001 Fed: Cure for muscular dystrophy near By Rada Rouse, National Medical...a cure for the genetic condition muscular dystrophy, but parents and carers are warned...Struk, executive director of the Muscular Dystrophy Association which funded much of...

British say cause found for muscular dystrophy

Chicago Sun-Times;  May 4, 1989 ;     310 words ......culprit responsible for most cases of muscular dystrophy. They predicted cautiously that the...defective in dystrophy patients. Muscular dystrophy is a group of inherited diseases...found the gene that causes Duchenne muscular dystrophy, the most common childhood type of...

REP. ENGEL BILL TO FIGHT MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY PASSES IN HOUSE & SENATE, NOW...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 27, 2008 ;     441 words ......expand and intensify research to cure muscular dystrophy passed the full House on Saturday...The bill, the Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research and...to find a cure for this disease. Muscular dystrophy is a genetic disease which results...

REP. ENGEL BILL TO FIGHT MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY PASSES IN HOUSE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 24, 2008 ;     418 words ......expand and intensify research to cure muscular dystrophy passed the full House Wednesday by...as the Senator Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Centers. Every...dystrophies, especially Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dystrophy (BMD). Sen. Wellstone, who died in...

Researchers cure mice of form of muscular dystrophy. (Originated from...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  August 18, 1993 ;     540 words ......Jerry Lewis _ head cheerleader for muscular dystrophy research _ and the researcher is...cured a mouse version of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, the most common childhood form of...Lewis Labor Day Telethon for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Chamberlain's team did...

FAMILY'S EVERYDAY LIFE A LESSON IN COURAGE ; With children suffering from...

Portland Press Herald (Maine);  October 10, 2004 ;     700+ words ......COURAGE ; With children suffering from muscular dystrophy and diabetes, Brian and Alice Denger...Final Section: Maine Life Memo: MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY FOR MORE information about muscular dystrophy, visit www.mdausa.org or call the...

Patient backing sponsored ride ; A muscular dystrophy patient and...

Plymouth Evening Herald, The;  September 1, 2008 ;     368 words ...A muscular dystrophy patient and campaigner is urging...which raises vital funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign South West. Her husband...is campaigning for improved muscular dystrophy in the South West. She said...

NEW ATTACK READIED ON MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY INJECTING HEALTHY GENES IN HUMANS...

The Boston Globe;  July 24, 1989 ;     700+ words ......researchers discovered the gene that causes muscular dystrophy two years ago, it marked the first...to slow the relentless course of muscular dystrophy. In a bold strategy that researchers...extend the lives of patients with muscular dystrophy and similar diseases. "It's a very...

SEN. KLOBUCHAR PUSHES FOR PAUL D. WELLSTONE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY LEGISLATION

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 18, 2008 ;     492 words ......D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance...suffering from muscular dystrophy and praised...excellence'' for muscular dystrophy research at...D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative...Finding a cure for muscular dystrophy transcends ...

She's `heat-seeking missile' for MD funds; Cheri Gunvalson took her son's...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  May 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ......about the form of muscular dystrophy that afflicts her...research dollars for muscular dystrophy. And she's still...those with Duchenne muscular dystrophy are now pushing...Minnesota Democrats Sen. Paul Wellstone and Rep. Collin...most common form of muscular ...