making muscle wasting history

Clinical trial with prednisone and cyclosporin

• Last Edited: 8 Jul 2009
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A clinical trial with prednisone and cyclosporin is being performed in Germany under the direction of Prof. Rudolf Korinthenberg of the Children’s Hospital of the University of Freiburg with ...

Tags: cyclosporin, placebo, prednisone.

Blocking inflammatory agents

• Last Edited: 15 Jul 2009
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The degradation and death of muscle cells in muscular dystrophy causes inflammatory cells to enter the muscle tissue to clean up the cell debris. Steroids are able to suppress inflammation, and th...

Tags: Osteopontin, prednisone, streroids.