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Mitochondrial Disease Research: A Talk with Michio Hirano

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Longtime MDA grantee Michio Hirano, M.D., talks about the science of treating genetic disorders of energy production

posted on October 1, 2012 - 9:25am
QUEST Vol. 19, No. 4
On a Thursday afternoon in July 2012, Michio Hirano, a professor of neurology, was in his office at Columbia University Medical Center, high above Manhattan’s upper west side.
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Going to the Emergency Room: Tips for People with Neuromuscular Diseases

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The biggest problem at an ER may not be the one you go in with, but the one you encounter there

posted on July 1, 2011 - 4:18pm
QUEST Vol. 18, No. 3
When a medical emergency strikes — and the patient is a person with a neuromuscular disease — it’s not just getting to the emergency room quickly that’s critical. It’s also critical to ensure the ER staff understands the patient’s special needs caused by muscle disease.
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Research Briefs: FA, MG, MM, MMD1, gene therapy

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Research items about Friedreich's ataxia, myasthenia gravis, mitochondrial myopathies, type 1 myotonic dystrophy, gene therapy and gene modification

posted on July 7, 2011 - 10:28am
Edison drugs target FA, mitochondrial diseases
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Why Does It Take So Long To Go from Mouse to Man?

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The pace of research can seem unreasonably slow; here are a few reasons why

posted on January 1, 2012 - 3:11pm
QUEST Vol. 19, No. 1
John Porter from the National Institutes of Health likes to start talks by noting, “It’s a great time to be a mouse with a neuromuscular disease.” Exciting research results are regularly reported, where a treatment appears to cure one neuromuscular disease or another in a mouse — yet there are few treatments available today for people with any of these diseases, and only a few treatments in human...
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