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Curable Types of Muscular Dystrophy
Possibly curable or rare types of Muscular Dystrophy include:
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Some rare types of Muscular Dystrophy include:
Latest Treatments for Muscular Dystrophy
Some of the more recent treatments for Muscular Dystrophy include:
Treatments for Muscular Dystrophy
Treatments to consider for Muscular Dystrophy may include:
Medical Research Breakthroughs and Muscular Dystrophy
Siladenafil may help the heart in muscular dystrophy: Researchers at Universite de Montreal and the Montreal Heart Institute, in collaboration with the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montreal showed that the administration of sildenafil protects the heart in mice with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.The researchers explain that the choice of sildenafil was based on their previous studies indicating that the hearts of dystrophic mice do not function as effectively and are more susceptible to stress-induced cell death. These studies suggested that this may be due to a decrease in the formation of a molecule named cGMP (cyclic guanosine monophosphate). In the present study, researchers used two different approaches to increase cGMP production in the heart, with the result that the hearts were able to function more effectively and were less susceptible to cell death. Sildenafil increased cGMP concentration by preventing its degradation by the phosphodiesterase 5 enzymeThese experimental results give hope that one day it will be possible to treat with this approach cardiac problems in patients with muscular dystrophy, and perhaps even treat other heart diseases.
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Clinical Trials for Muscular Dystrophy
Some of the clinical trials for Muscular Dystrophy include:
Evidence Based Medicine Research for Muscular Dystrophy
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