DM2, the second type of myotonic muscular dystrophy, was originally described in 1994 as a more mild presentation of DM1. Patients with DM2 have an abnormal expansion on the ZNF9 gene located on ...

A UNLV-led study found that a gene that causes myotonic dystrophy also causes autism spectrum disorder. It could help with ...

Patients with myotonic dystrophy have smaller hearts, and lower systolic and diastolic blood pressures and pulse rates. They have impaired autonomic reflexes, measured by orthostatic, Valsalva ...

Mild to moderate virilizing effects were seen ... increases in working capacity or strength in patients with myotonic dystrophy, limb-girdle and facioscapulohumeral dystrophy.

In 2023, the myotonic dystrophy treatment market is projected to be worth USD 874.39 million. The global demand for myotonic dystrophy treatment is anticipated to increase at a CAGR of 12.3% between ...

Gottfried, who famously voiced Iago in Disney's 1992 classic Aladdin, had been dealing with recurrent ventricular tachycardia due to myotonic dystrophy type II, his longtime friend and publicist ...

Scientists from The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and University of Las Vegas Nevada (UNLV) have uncovered a genetic link between autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and a rare genetic condition ...

In this study, it was demonstrated that a single administration of the jointly developed PPR protein (CUG-PPR1), which specifically binds to the abnormal RNA causing Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 ...

In recent years, a growing understanding of myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1)—an often fatal, devastating, rare neuromuscular disorder that causes muscle weakness and other life-limiting ...