Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive disease of the nervous system. It affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord called motor neurons. Motor neurons control muscle movement and ...
Diagnosing a muscular disorder, disease or infection often requires a sample of the tissue to be extracted, but these biopsies can be painful and difficult to perform. Researchers at the ...
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive disease of the nervous system. It affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord called motor neurons. Motor neurons control muscle movement and ...
Monitoring rejection in heart transplantation patients with a simple blood test can safely reduce their need for invasive heart-muscle biopsies, a new study has found. Monitoring rejection in heart ...
Most protocols described in this paper and other protocols used by researchers of the Fields Center for FSHD and Neuromuscular Research are described in detail at the ...
Many patients are given a different diagnosis initially, including lupus erythematous and undifferentiated connective tissue disease. It is of paramount importance to determine the organ (i.e. skin, ...