Category Archives: Muscular Dystrophy Treatment

Tracey Romero, Sports Medicine Editor, Philly.com Posted: Friday, February 27, 2015, 2:50 AM The word rare connotes something so unique and scarce that it becomes more valuable. When it comes to rare diseases though, the small patient populations usually means the disease has to fight harder for attention and funding. On World Rare Disease Day, which will be held on Saturday, February 28 this year, patients and their families as well as scientists, physicians and researchers will try to draw more awareness to rare diseases in an effort to improve access to treatment and to drive more research to be done. Although rarer than say heart disease or breast cancer, these diseases still have a deep impact on people both in our country and worldwide. According to the Center for Orphan Disease Research and Therapy at the University of Pennsylvania, orphan/rare diseases represent a collection of disorders that affect fewer than 200,000 individuals for any single disease type, yet there are more than 7,000 distinct orphan diseases. In all, over 25 million people in the United States are afflicted by orphan diseases. Most rare diseases are genetic and many of them present in early childhood. About 30 percent of children … Continue reading →

The Villages, Florida (PRWEB) February 25, 2015 The Miami Stem Cell Treatment Center announces a series of free public seminars on the use of adult stem cells for various degenerative and inflammatory conditions. They will be provided by Dr. Thomas A. Gionis, Surgeon-in-Chief and Dr. Nia Smyrniotis, Medical Director. The seminars will be held on Tuesday March 3, 2015, at 1:00pm, 3:00pm, 5:00pm and 7:00pm at the Holiday Inn Express and Suites The Villages, 1205 Avenida Central, The Villages, FL 32159. There will be a Social Hour with the Doctors after the 7:00pm session. Please RSVP at (561) 331-2999, all events are by reservation only. The Miami Stem Cell Treatment Center (Miami; Boca Raton; Orlando; The Villages), along with sister affiliates, the Irvine Stem Cell Treatment Center (Irvine; Westlake Villages, California) and the Manhattan Regenerative Medicine Medical Group (Manhattan, New York), abide by approved investigational protocols using adult adipose derived stem cells (ADSCs) which can be deployed to improve patients quality of life for a number of chronic, degenerative and inflammatory conditions and diseases. ADSCs are taken from the patients own adipose (fat) tissue (found within a cellular mixture called stromal vascular fraction (SVF)). ADSCs are exceptionally abundant in adipose … Continue reading →

SINGAPORE: In the next few years, emcee and radio personality Joe Augustins 16-year-old son Jordan may require ventilator support to help him breathe. Jordan was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) just before he started Primary One. Affecting one in 3,000 boys, DMD is a progressive, genetic muscle disease that causes the muscles to weaken over time. We were initially devastated by the diagnosis because everything we read on the Internet about the condition was so damning, said Jordans mother, Mrs Adele Augustin, 43. Dr Wendy Liew, consultant at Neurology Service, Department of Paediatrics at KK Womens and Childrens Hospital (KKH), said patients will have a shortened lifespan and delayed motor milestones as a result of muscle weakness. There is currently no cure for the disease. By 12 years of age, many of them would require a wheelchair to help them move around. While steroid treatment can help to maintain muscle strength and delay the need for a wheelchair by one to three years, many patients would still require ventilator support to help them breathe in their late teenage years, said Associate Professor Stacey Tay, head of the Division of Paediatric Neurology at National University Hospital. Later, death usually occurs … Continue reading →

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Subcommittee on Space, Science, and Competitiveness John Elbon, Vice President & General Manager, Boeing Space Exploration Chairman Cruz, Ranking Member Udall, and members of the Committee, thank you for this opportunity to provide Boeings perspective on U.S. Human Space Exploration Goals and Commercial Space Competitiveness. I am John Elbon, vice president & general manager, Boeing Space Exploration Mr. Chairman, Americas economic growth and competitiveness depend on our capacity to innovate, to reach beyond todays possibilities and stretch farther, faster than our competitors around the world. Our future depends on developing the next generation technologies but more important are the next generation minds. We need to inspire scientists, engineers, researchers and technologists everywhere by offering the opportunity to be part of something that transcends known boundaries. America needs to reinvigorate that Apollo era passion that changed the world, launching new industries and opening new doors into the universe. From everyday conveniences like scratch-resistant lenses to world-changing satellite-enabled communications, our lives are better today because of cutting edge NASA research innovations borne of our drive to explore. Just as seafaring ships explored and returned to home shores, bringing unforeseen discoveries so, too, will `spacefaring … Continue reading →

The treatment is known as "three-parent" in vitro fertilisation (IVF) because the babies, born from genetically modified embryos, would have DNA from a mother, a father and from a female donor. LONDON: Britain will become the first nation to legalise a three-parent IVF technique which doctors say can prevent some inherited incurable diseases but which critics fear will effectively lead to designer babies. After more than three hours of debate, lawmakers in parliaments upper house voted on Tuesday for a change in the law to allow the treatments, echoing a positive vote in the lower house earlier this month. The treatment, called mitochondrial transfer, is known as three-parent in vitro fertilisation (IVF) because the babies, born from genetically modified embryos, would have DNA from a mother, a father and from a female donor. Although the techniques are still at the research stage in laboratories in Britain and the United States, experts say that now legal hurdles have been overcome, Britains first 3-parent baby could be born as early as 2016. Mitochondrial transfer involves intervening in the fertilisation process to remove faulty mitochondrial DNA, which can cause inherited conditions such as heart problems, liver failure, brain disorders, blindness and muscular dystrophy. … Continue reading →

Muscular Dystrophy in Children Muscular Dystrophy in Children treated by Dr Alok Sharma (Neuro Surgeon) show improvement in 5 months 1. Standing static balance has improved. 2. He stands with support of push knee splints.... By: Neurogen Brain and Spine Institute … Continue reading →

Treatment for Muscular Dystrophy by Dr Alok Sharma Improvement seen in 5 months after treatment for muscular dystrophy by Dr Alok Sharma After treatment for muscular dystrophy 1. Standing static balance has i... By: Neurogen Brain and Spine Institute … Continue reading →

Tom's Story - Duchenne muscular dystrophy - Action Medical Research Tom has Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a rare and fatal condition that causes muscle weakness, and a relentless deterioration in physical abilities. Although t... By: Action Medical Research … Continue reading →

ITV Report 12 February 2015 at 5:27pm Wilshere dropped in on one of his biggest fans. Photo: PA A nine-year-old Arsenal superfan was stunned to find a fan of his own waiting for him when he returned home from school - his footballing hero, Jack Wilshere. Archie Hill, who suffers from Duchenne muscular dystrophy, impressed the England midfielder after he appealed to Prime Minister David Cameron for help with his condition. The youngster met the Prime Minister after a breakthrough drug for his condition - which currently means he is unlikely to live beyond 30 - became available in several European countries. After receiving Archie's letter, David Cameron raised the issue of treatment in the House of Commons, saying he wanted to see vital drugs licensed as quickly as possible. Attached to the letter was a picture of Archie and his football team and the youngster, whose house is full of Arsenal memorabilia, left an impression on his Gunners hero as well. Wilshere surprised Archie and his older brother Leyton on their doorstep, before taking them for a kick-about in the garden at their home in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, and challenging them on their favourite football video games. Wilshere said: … Continue reading →

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have developed a new procedure to increase the length of human telomeres. This increases the number of times cells are able to divide, essentially making the cells many years younger. This not only has useful applications for laboratory work, but may point the way to treating various age-related disorders or even muscular dystrophy. Telomeres are the caps at the ends of our chromosomes that protect the DNA code of the genome. Linked to aging and disease, they are 8,000 to 10,000 nucleotides long in young people, but this decreases as we age (a nucleotide is an organic molecule that is a subunit of nucleic acids DNA and RNA). The researchers have found a way to lengthen a telomere by 1,000 nucleotides, which Dr. Helen Brau, professor of microbiology and immunology at Stanford, says is the equivalent of "many years of human life." Telomeres shorten each time a cell divides and at a certain point, when they reach a critical length, the cell can no longer divide and will die. Their limited lifespan means that growing cells in laboratories can be tricky, given there can only be so many cell doublings before they … Continue reading →