FDA approves Novartis' gene therapy for rare muscle disorder

U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Novartis' gene therapy for a type of rare muscle disorder, the drugmaker said ...
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Gamma and Alpha Motor Neurons Distinguished by Expression of Transcription Factor Err3

Spinal motor neurons are specified to innervate different muscle targets through combinatorial programs of transcription factor expression. Whether transcriptional programs also establish finer ...

Drug candidate slows motor neuron disease progression and preserves muscle function in preclinical study

A drug candidate found to protect nerve cells damaged by motor neuron disease (MND), could offer new hope to people living ...
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Gamma motor neurons survive and exacerbate alpha motor neuron degeneration in ALS

The molecular and cellular basis of selective motor neuron (MN) vulnerability in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is not known. In genetically distinct mouse models of familial ALS expressing ...
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Stephen Hawking had ALS. What is it? A look at the motor neuron disease

ALS is short for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which is also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. ALS is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, ...