Along this line, we were among the first to demonstrate that PGD-derived hES cells and derivatives offer pertinent cellular models of neuromuscular diseases. Indeed, we showed that PGD-derived hES ...

A recent discovery of a molecular connection between autism and myotonic dystrophy, a type of neuromuscular disease, may provide a breakthrough on how clinicians approach autism spectrum disorder.

When even one tiny section of a person’s genetic code becomes mutated or modified, cells can begin to act out of ...

Cell, 2015). We are actively seeking to identify additional ... Generation, characterization, and therapeutic drug screening of novel zebrafish models of human neuromuscular diseases- The lab uses the ...

Our research group is investigating the mechanisms that regulate skeletal muscle regeneration, focusing on skeletal muscle stem cells. We are interested in the biogenesis of skeletal muscle stem cells ...

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) provides an ACGME accredited, one year, neuromuscular medicine fellowship program. Our fellowship offers comprehensive training in clinical neuromuscular ...

skeletal muscle stem cells and gene therapy; growth factors and signal transduction; mouse molecular genetics; muscular dystrophies and neuromuscular diseases. Skeletal muscle maintenance and ...

In myasthenia gravis, the thymus enhances the presence and the antibody production capacity of immune cells that produce antibodies against the neuromuscular junction receptor. Although the precise ...