REP. ENGEL BILL TO FIGHT MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY PASSES IN HOUSE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 24, 2008 ;     418 words ......the Senator Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Centers...especially Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dystrophy (BMD). Sen. Wellstone, who died...The bill, the Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research...find a cure for this disease. ...

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

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 8, 2008 ;     477 words ......excellence'' for muscular dystrophy research at...program at the University of Minnesota...affected by muscular dystrophy." The six Wellstone...located at the University of Iowa, the...Minnesota, who has muscular dystrophy, and working...John Day of the ...

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

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 18, 2008 ;     492 words ......suffering from muscular dystrophy and praised...excellence'' for muscular dystrophy research at...program at the University of Minnesota...a cure for muscular dystrophy transcends...located at the University of Iowa, the...Minnesota, who has muscular ...

Gene Cures Muscular Dystrophy in Mice

Chicago Sun-Times;  August 19, 1993 ;     198 words ......that shows for the first time that muscular dystrophy can be cured with gene therapy in experimental...finding - announced Wednesday by the Muscular Dystrophy Association - paves the way for gene...of a cure for people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and Becker muscular ...

RESEARCHERS CURE MICE OF MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY

Post-Tribune (IN);  August 19, 1993 ;     461 words ......head cheerleader for muscular dystrophy research - and the researcher is the University of Michigan's Dr. Jeffrey...mouse version of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, the most common childhood...Day Telethon for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Chamberlain...that normally ...

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

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  August 18, 1993 ;     540 words ......head cheerleader for muscular dystrophy research _ and the researcher is the University of Michigan's Dr. Jeffrey...mouse version of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, the most common childhood...Day Telethon for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Chamberlain...that normally ...

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

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  May 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ......much about the form of muscular dystrophy that afflicts her son...research dollars for muscular dystrophy. And she's still at...those with Duchenne muscular dystrophy are now pushing for...week she was at the University of Minnesota, meeting...most common form of ...

Muscular dystrophy treatment revolution.

Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  September 4, 1999 ;     165 words ......therapy injection for muscular dystrophy. Dr Jerry Mendell, chairman...Neurology at the Ohio State University Medical Centre, injected...suffers from limb-girdle muscular dystrophy, a disease that he has...for the future, said US Muscular Dystrophy Association spokesman...like ...

Muscular dystrophy treatment revolution

Evening Mail;  September 4, 1999 ;     166 words ......therapy injection for muscular dystrophy. Dr Jerry Mendell, chairman...Neurology at the Ohio State University Medical Centre, injected...suffers from limb-girdle muscular dystrophy, a disease that he has...the future," said US Muscular Dystrophy Association spokesman...like ...

New Muscular Dystrophy Treatment Delays Loss of Ability to Walk

The Washington Post;  August 6, 1987 ;     544 words ......most severe form of muscular dystrophy, a development that...patients with Duchenne's muscular dystrophy. Those treated with...from the Washington University School of Medicine...the drug. Duchenne's muscular dystrophy, the most common as...people weakened by muscular ...

A Treatment for Muscular Dystrophy?; Researchers Prepare to Try a Series...

The Washington Post;  September 5, 1989 ;     700+ words ......treatment of muscular dystrophy, an inherited...with Duchenne's muscular dystrophy to provide the...disease similar to muscular dystrophy. "All of us here at the Muscular Dystrophy Association are...for Duchenne's muscular dystrophy but for all ...

Harvard researcher given Muscular Dystrophy Association's highest award

University Wire;  September 24, 1999 ;     362 words ...Nik I. Kovac University Wire 09-24-1999...award given by the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA...distinguished research in muscular dystrophy, Professor of Pediatrics...has been studying muscular dystrophy for 18 years. In...

War on muscular dystrophy achieves a first. (a treatment)

U.S. News & World Report;  August 17, 1987 ;     409 words ...War on muscular dystrophy achieves a first The best possible news for childrenwith muscular dystrophy would be that a cure had...with the most common form of muscular dystrophy. That makes the steroid the...to be found for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), which strikes ...

Gene fix for muscular dystrophy defect. (gene-transfer therapy)

Science News;  September 21, 1991 ;     427 words ......deficiency leads to muscular dystrophy, a progressive muscle...known as Duchenne's muscular dystrophy -- usually die in...genetic cure for muscular dystrophy have now successfully...eventual genetic fix for muscular dystrophy. Using technology...Jon A. Wolff of the ...

First Demonstration of Muscle Restoration in an Animal Model of Duchenne's...

Ascribe Higher Education News Service;  April 23, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Byline: University of Pennsylvania...researchers at the University of Pennsylvania...Therapeutics Inc. and the University of Massachusetts...model of Duchenne's muscular dystrophy (DMD). The research...in part by the Muscular Dystrophy Association and...Paul Wellstone ...