New Step Toward Treatment For Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Source: Université Laval
Posted: June 11, 2006

Summary:

A researcher with the Human Genetics Department at Quebec City's Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec (CHUQ) and professor with Université Laval's Faculty of Medicine, has taken an important step toward a cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. After performing the first successful muscle cell transplant in young patients two years ago, professor Tremblay announced that eight out of the nine patients have shown promising results.

Commentary: Hopefully further trials of this treatment will be effective in treating a genetically diverse population of Muscular dystrophy patients.