Article Highlights:
The research news featured in Research Updates is a compilation of Quest News Online and MDA/ALS Newsmagazine Online articles posted between issues of the print magazine (Sept. 3-Nov. 28, 2012).
Here's a list of the diseases covered during that period:
To see Research Updates as it appears in the January 2013 print issue, download the Winter 2013 PDF.
by Quest Staff on January 7, 2013 - 9:05am
Quest Vol. 20, No. 1
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ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)
- Regulatory Cells Associated with Speed of ALS Progression, November 26
- ALS Briefs: Serotonergic Neurons and Counteracting Problematic Proteins, November 14
- Webinar: ALS and the National Football League, November 12
- ALS: Phase 2 Clinical Trial for NP001 Shows Possible Benefit, November 5
- ALS: SOD1 Protein Can Cause Trouble Even When It's 'Normal', October 26
- ALS Researcher Elected to Institute of Medicine, October 18
- Neural Stem Cell Trial in ALS ‘Very Successful’ So Far, October 12
- ALS, SMA Share in Biochemical Pathway, October 4
- ALS-FTD Research Briefs: P62 Gene’s Role and Screening Tool for ALS-FTD, September 26
- New Phase 2b Trial of Tirasemtiv (CK-2017357) in ALS, September 20
- ALS Risk Elevated in Some Retired NFL Players, September 5
- ALS and SMA: Less EPHA4 Means More Motor Neurons Survive, September 3
Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD)
Congental muscular dystrophy (CMD)
Centronuclear myopathy (CNM)
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)
- WNT7a Injections Restore Strength in DMD Mice, November 27
- Study Shows Increased Life Span in DMD in Recent Decades, November 19
- Drisapersen Appears Safe in Non-Walking Boys with DMD, November 2
- DMD: Prosensa, GSK Expand Exon-Skipping Program, October 29
- Anti-Cancer Drugs May Help Build Muscle, October 18
- Ventricular Assist Device Implanted in Man with Duchenne MD, October 16
- DMD: Reformulated Utrophin Upregulator Looks Good in Healthy Volunteers, October 10
- DMD Imaging Study Open at Three Sites, October 8
- A Closer Look at the 48-Week Eteplirsen Trial Results, October 3
- DMD: Eteplirsen Results Very Encouraging at 48 Weeks, October 3
- MDA Muscle Symposium: Newborn Screening in DMD, September 19
- DMD Briefs: Stopping Inflammation on Earth and in Space, September 13
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD)
Friedreich's ataxia (FA)
Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD)
Mitochondrial myopathy and metabolic disorders
Myasthenia gravis (MG)
Pompe disease (acid maltase deficiency)
Spinal-bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA)
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)
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