Research Suggests New Direction For ALS Treatment
A research team from Wake Forest University School of Medicine is the first to show that injections of a protein normally found in human cells can increase lifespan and delay the onset of symptoms in mice with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), or Lou Gehrig’s disease. Reporting
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New Study Finds Blood-Spinal Cord Barrier Compromised In Mice With ALS
The blood-spinal cord barrier is functionally impaired in areas of motor neuron damage in mice modeling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), report researchers at the University of South Florida Center for Aging and Brain Repair. The barrier disruption was found in
New Study Finds Blood-Spinal Cord Barrier Compromised In Mice With ALS...

Muscles In Muscular Dystrophy Animal Model Improved By Stem-cell Transplantation
Using embryonic stem cells from mice, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have prompted the growth of healthy - and more importantly, functioning - muscle cells in mice afflicted with a human model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.The study represents the first time transplanted embryonic stem cells have been shown
Muscles In Muscular Dystrophy Animal Model Improved By Stem-cell Transplantation...

Muscle Relaxing Drugs Can Reduce Lethal Blood Clots - Medical News Today (press release)

Muscle Relaxing Drugs Can Reduce Lethal Blood Clots
Medical News Today (press release), UK - Nov 5, 2007
The study shows that PE in isolated rabbit lungs could be attenuated by the vasodilator papaverine - a muscle relaxant which is used to treat hypertension. ...

Muscle Relaxing Drugs Can Reduce Lethal Blood Clots - Medical News Today (press release)...