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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.

REHABILITATION MANAGEMENT -PHYSIOTHERAPY AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

• Last Edited: 11 Aug 2010
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People with DMD need access to different types of rehabilitation management throughout their lives. Much of this willbe delivered by physiotherapists and occupational therapists, but other people ...

Tags: PAIN, REHABILITATION, STAGES, JOINT CONTRACTURES, THERAPIES.

Cell therapies

• Last Edited: 8 Sep 2010
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Aim: To deliver a healthy gene to Duchenne muscles, to allow normal dystrophin production.Background: Genes consist of DNA and are located on chromosomes, which are present in the nuclei of all ce...

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Airway Clearance in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

• Last Edited: 11 Feb 2011
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ABSTRACTThis is a summary of the presentation on airway clearance in neuromuscular disorders presented as part of the program on airway clearance in Duchenne muscular dystrophyDUCHENE MUSCULAR DYS...

Tags: therapies, respiratory, cough.

Duchenne muscular dystrophy - What causes the increased membrane permeability in skeletal muscle?

• Last Edited: 2 Mar 2011
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a severe muscle wasting disease caused by a mutation in the gene for dystrophin – a cytoskeletal protein connecting the contractile machinery to a group of pro...

Tags: muscle weakness, atrophy, therapies, Duchenne muscular dystrophy.