Rare Muscle Dystrophy (IMAGE)

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Rare Muscle Dystrophy

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Removing one gene caused normal muscle muscle fibers (left) to grow to three times their normal size (right). Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that targeting a protein related to that gene with lithium can reduce muscle wasting in a rare form of muscular dystrophy.

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Andrew Findlay

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