Researchers identify new function for protein missing in Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Monday, August 3, 2009 - 14:56
in Health & Medicine
Researchers at the University of Minnesota and National Institutes of Health have identified a new function for the protein missing in people with the most common and ultimately lethal form of childhood muscular dystrophy. Patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy lack the protein dystrophin, which causes their muscles to become weak and eventually die.