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Losartan and TGFβ.

• Last Edited: 14 Jul 2009
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Dr. Ronald Cohn and his co-workers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore are trying to modify the disease by blocking TGFβ and its signaling pathway that leads t...

Tags: Losartan, TGF946, muscular dystrophy.

TREAT-NMD guide to 'Stem Cell Tourism'

• Last Edited: 29 Jan 2010
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TREAT-NMD is aware that new scientific discoveries and innovations can lead to raised expectations and enthusiasm and this may in turn lead to hype, which can be seen as increased publicity and ...

Tags: stem cell tourism, stem cell, tourism, therapies, TREATNMD, hope, hype, neuromuscular disorders, Duchenne, muscular dystrophy, DMD, research.

Imatinib, a new drug on the Muscular Dystrophy block? - A review by Dr Karl Bettelheim

• Last Edited: 30 Jul 2010
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When single papers appear about some new drug or treatment for a complex condition such as DMD, one has to have a certain healthy sense of scepticism, however, when two appear from diverse laborat...

Tags: Imatinib, Muscular Dystrophy.