Researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital have shown that a gene delivery strategy that produces follistatin - a naturally occurring protein that inhibits myostatin, a growth factor expressed specifically in skeletal muscle - directly to the quadriceps of non-human primates results in long-term gene expression with muscle enhancing effects, including larger muscles with greater strength. The potential use of this strategy for muscle strengthening has important implications for patients with muscle diseases including Duchenne muscular dystrophy - the most common form of muscular dystrophy - as well as for the planned first clinical trial for inclusion body myositis. Hemophilia Opioid Induced Constipation Pneumococcal Disease ADHD Anxiety Asthma Atrial Fibrillation Autism Cancer Diabetes Lung Cancer Lupus Medicare / Medicaid Obesity and BMI Pancreatic Cancer Stem Cells All ‘What Is. Conditions Information Abscess (Dental) Acid Reflux Acne ADHD Agoraphobia Alcoholism Alopecia Areata Alzheimer’s Disease AMD / Macular Degeneration Amnesia Anagen Effluvium Anal Cancer Anal Itching (Itchy Bottom) Anemia Aneurysm Anger Angina Anorexia & Bulimia Anxiety Appendicitis Arrhythmia Arthritis Asperger Syndrome Asthma Astigmatism Ataxia Atrial Fibrillation Autism Avian Influenza Bell’s Palsy Bipolar Disorder Bird Flu Bladder cancer Body Dysmorphic Disorder Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Breast Cancer Bronchitis Bursitis Cancer Candidiasis Cataracts Cellulite Cellulitis Cerebral Palsy Chlamydia Cholesterol Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) Chronic Rhinosinusitis (CRS) CJD Claustrophobia Colic Colon Cancer Colorectal Cancer Common Cold Concussion Conjunctivitis (allergic) Conjunctivitis (infective) Constipation COPD & Emphysema Crohn’s Disease Croup Cystic Fibrosis Cystitis Cysts Deep Vein Thrombosis Dehydration Dementia Depression Detached Retina DHT Diabetes Diarrhea Diphtheria Diverticulitis Double Vision (Diplopia) Down Syndrome Dry Eye Syndrome Dyspraxia E. read more
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