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A 15-minute discussion with Douglas Kerr, director of Neurodegeneration Clinical Research at Biogen Idec
Douglas Kerr of the biotech firm Biogen Idec spoke with MDA Executive Vice President of Research and Medical Director Valerie Cwik on Jan. 11, 2013, about the company’s recent decision to stop development of dexpramipexole for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, after the drug showed no efficacy in a 943-person, phase 3 clinical trial. This podcast complements...
MDA research grantee Michael Rudnicki talked with MDA on Dec. 17, 2012, about how the WNT7a protein increased the numbers of muscle repair cells and the size and strength of muscle fibers in a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Rudnicki also discussed the advantages and...
MDA research grantee Emanuela Gussoni talked with MDA Medical and Science Editor Margaret Wahl on June 27, 2012, about the development of stem-cell-based treatments for muscular dystrophies. This podcast complements the June 14, 2012, Quest News story Stem Cell Briefs: Contributions of PAX7, S1P, MCAM.
MDA research grantee Howard Worman talked with MDA Medical and Science Editor Margaret Wahl on May 23, 2012, about his group's new ideas for treating the cardiac abnormalities associated with lamin A/C mutations, which can cause one type of Emery-Dreifuss MD or the type 1B form of limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD1B).
This podcast complements...
MDA research grantee Matthew Disney talked with MDA Medical and Science Editor Margaret Wahl on Feb. 27, 2012, about his group's experiments using small molecules that target toxic RNA in type 1 myotonic dystrophy.
This podcast complements MMD1: Synthetic 'H' Molecules Lock Up Toxic Repeats.
Stephen Tapscott talked with MDA Medical and Science Editor Margaret Wahl on Jan. 23, 2012, about how inappropriate expression of the DUX4 protein in skeletal muscle may lead to facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). This podcast complements DUX4 Causes Muscle Mayhem in FSHD.
MDA Medical and Science Editor Margaret Wahl talked with neurologist Emma Ciafaloni and maternal-fetal medicine specialist Eva Pressman, both at the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center, on May 19, 2010, about pregnancy and neuromuscular disease. This audiocast complements "Great Expectations: Pregnancy and Childbirth With Neuromuscular Disease," published in the July 2010 issue of...
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