Molecular scalpel hope for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (BBC)

[eppur_se_muova]

By James Gallagher
Health reporter, BBC News

A 'molecular scalpel' shows promise in patients with a deadly muscle wasting condition, according to researchers.

The gene for the protein dystrophin is damaged in people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

A drug trial on 19 children, published in the Lancet, used the 'scalpel' to removed the damage and restore dystrophin production.

The charity Muscular Dystrophy Campaign said there was "real hope for the future".

Duchenne muscular dystrophy affects one in every 3,500 newborn boys.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14247706
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(11)60756-3/abstract

[HuckleB]

1. kick.

[Maru Kitteh]

2. But gee, were we not assured that without the promise of massive profit, no enitity

or individuals would be interested in such advances?

[laconicsax]

3. There must be a military application...or maybe it's a trick!

You know, maybe it's meant to secretly give people with MD some form of super-MD or autism.

[LeftishBrit]

4. I really hope this fulfils its promise!