Skeletal muscle is the type of muscle that controls movement. Problems with these muscles can be minor, life-threatening, or ongoing problems that make it hard to perform basic daily activities.

A new treatment platform developed by researchers at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center was able to deliver ...

Explore how researchers are using next-generation CRISPR therapies to target the root cause of muscle degeneration.

University of Delaware’s Mona Batish is a molecular biologist. She studies circular RNAs formed as a result of so-called molecular mistakes that occur when a strand of RNA — the ribonucleic acid that ...

Professor Megumu K. Saito and his colleagues have revealed that SMN, a protein involved in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), promotes the functional maturation of mitochondria by regulating miRNA ...

Blocking a certain type of ion channel has been shown to prolong survival in mouse models of severe Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), which could lead to the development of novel treatments in humans ...

France-based pharma company Servier is acquiring the muscular dystrophy business of Edgewise Therapeutics as part of a ...

In addition to the upfront fee, Servier has committed up to $1.1 billion in regulatory and commercial milestones to acquire ...

Spinal muscular atrophy and muscular dystrophy both affect muscle size and function, causing weakness and leading to health complications like difficulty walking, swallowing, and, for some people, ...