• Military Connection Deserves Further Study, New Report Says [12/21/06]
  • MDA Disability Advisory Body Celebrates 15th Anniversary [12/19/06]
  • First Gene Therapy Trial for Duchenne MD Moves Ahead [12/12/06]
  • Nonviral Gene Delivery Forges Ahead [12/7/06]
  • Chicagoan, MDA Leader Robert G. Sampson Dies [12/4/06]
  • Wyeth Analyzing MYO-029 Results [12/4/06]
  • Researchers From Around the World Present Findings at International Conference on ALS [12/1/06]
  • A Fitness Mogul, Stricken by Illness, Hunts for Genes [WSJ Online - 11/30/06]
  • Scan of Entire Human Genome Finds Unexpected New Clues on Lou Gehrig's Disease [11/30/06]
  • FDA Withholds OK of Involuntary Emotional Expression Drug [11/27/06]
  • Country Singer Renews Commitment to MDA Youth Programs [11/22/06]
  • Stem Cells Successfully Treat MD in Dogs [11/15/06]
  • Study Probes ALS Risk, Severity Factors [11/13/06]
  • SBMA Mice Answer Some Questions, Raise Others [11/9/06]
  • Copaxone To Be Studied in ALS Overseas [11/8/06]
  • ALS Drug Combination Testing Moves to Next Stage [11/6/06]
  • South Carolina Teen Continues In National Role For MDA [11/22/06]
  • Part of New Medicare Policy Fixed [11/3/06]
  • Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Aid DMD Mice [11/3/06]
  • Arimoclomol Safe, Well Tolerated In ALS [11/2/06]
  • Jerry Lewis, MDA Request Postponement of New Medicare Policy for Power Wheelchairs [11/1/06]
  • Idebenone Safe, Shows 'Potential' In FA [10/31/06]
  • Preliminary Results of DMD Clinical Trial Encouraging [10/21/06]
  • MDA Again Provides Flu Shots To People With Neuromuscular Diseases [10/19/06]
  • Researchers to Collect Blood, Data on ALS, Other Motor Neuron Disorders [10/19/06]
  • ALS-Related Findings Reported at Meeting [10/18/06]
  • Emerging Technologies May Track Progression As Treatments Tested [10/18/06]
  • ALS Patient Operates Computer With Thoughts Alone [10/17/06]
  • Human Stem Cells Aid Rats With ALS [10/16/06]
  • Protein Suggests ALS, Frontotemporal Degeneration Linked [10/13/06]
  • ALS Registries Yield Data, Research Leads [10/13/06]
  • Trial of 'Exon Skipping' Under Way in DMD [10/13/06]
  • New Myasthenia Drug Under Study [10/11/06]
  • Noninvasive Ventilation Prolongs Life in ALS [10/10/06]
  • Study Finds Oscillation Vest Doesn't Help in ALS [10/10/06]
  • New SMA Gene Mapped To Chromosome 1 [10/6/06]
  • Study Correlates Riluzole With Longer Survival [10/5/06]
  • New Myositis Treatments Being Tested [10/3/06]
  • Scientists Report Advances in Stem Cell Technology [10/2/06]
  • Gala Honoring John, Edmund and Peter Shea Raises $1.4 Million For ALS Research [10/2/06]
  • MDA's Wings Over Wall Street Raises $1 Million To Fight Lou Gehrig's Disease [9/29/06]
  • Researchers Test Modafinil for ALS-Related Fatigue [9/29/06]
  • Spectrum of Severity Suggested In Myopathies With Central Nuclei [9/28/06]
  • Undiagnosed Sleep Apnea in MG Could Lead To Overmedication [9/27/06]
  • Scientists Uncover New Clues to Nemaline Myopathy [9/27/06]
  • Study of Ceftriaxone In ALS Seeks Participants [9/26/06]
  • Jerry Lewis Nominated for Congressional Gold Medal [9/25/06]
  • Experimental Cancer Drug Improves Muscle Size, Strength in MD-Affected Mice [9/18/06]
  • Treating Non-Neuronal Cells Possible Option in ALS [9/8/06]
  • LGMD Gene Therapy Trial Slated for Next Year [9/8/06]
  • FDA Postpones Decision on Drug That May Improve Emotional Control in ALS [9/5/06]
  • MDA Telethon Raises Record $61 Million [9/4/06]
  • Exon Skipping Skips Ahead [9/1/06]
  • Kelly Monaco To Co-Host MDA Jerry Lewis Telethon [9/1/06]
  • Jerry Lewis Tapes MDA Telethon Opening On Las Vegas Strip [8/31/06]
  • Fitness Industry Leader and South Carolina Teen To Be Featured In Parade Magazine Cover Story On MDA [8/31/06]
  • Stem Cell Research Robust, Despite Veto [8/31/06]
  • Life Satisfaction Study Yields Some Surprises [8/29/06]
  • New Brain-Computer Interface Reads Movement Signals [8/28/06]
  • Value of Thymectomy In MG To Be Tested [8/25/06]
  • 2006 MDA Jerry Lewis Telethon [8/25/06]
  • Sportsclub Association To Appear on MDA Telethon [8/25/06]
  • Michigan Man Receives MDA National Achievement Award [8/23/06]
  • Arimoclomol Safety Trial in ALS Complete [8/23/06]
  • Compound Restores Frataxin Production in FA Cells [8/22/06]
  • Aerobic Exercise Beneficial in McArdle's Disease [8/22/06]
  • SMA Parent Survey Needs Your Help [8/18/06]
  • Antisense Reduces SOD1, Prolongs Survival In ALS Rats [8/17/06]
  • Blocking JNK Promising in SBMA [8/15/06]
  • No VEGF Variants Found in North American ALS Patients [8/14/06]
  • Valproic Acid Improves Strength, SMN Levels In SMA [8/10/06]
  • SMA Drug Study Seeks More Participants [8/4/06]
  • Turning Off Toxic RNA Reverses MMD in Mice [8/2/06]
  • Merg1a New Front In Atrophy Battle? [8/2/06]
  • Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon Back In Vegas [8/1/06]
  • Risks of Medications For People With CMT Questioned [7/27/06]
  • Arterial Delivery Promising for Muscle Stem Cells [7/25/06]
  • Gene Transfer Corrects Defects In Mouse Model of MMD [7/21/06]
  • MDA Clinician, Researcher, Board Member Receives Award [7/21/06]
  • Variant of Parkinson's Drug Tested In ALS [7/19/06]
  • Statin Treatment May Disclose Metabolic Muscle Disorder [7/17/06]
  • Gerald C. Weinberg Named To MDA National Leadership [7/14/06]
  • Brain Chemicals Differ in Types 1, 2 Myotonic Dystrophy [7/13/06]
  • Artwork By North Carolina Artist Accepted Into MDA Art Collection [7/11/06]
  • Photograph By Carson City Artist Accepted Into MDA Art Collection [7/11/06]
  • Artwork By Utah Artist Accepted Into MDA Art Collection [7/11/06]
  • Artwork By Arizona Artist Accepted Into MDA Art Collection [7/11/06]
  • Ceftriaxone To Be Tested In ALS Patients [7/11/06]
  • MDA Grantee Receives Gene Therapy Award [7/11/06]
  • Variations in 'Detox' Enzymes Linked to ALS, Strengthening ALS-Gulf War Link [7/5/06]
  • Systemic Gene Therapy Improves Life Span, Muscle Function in Mice with Muscular Dystrophy [7/5/06]
  • DNA Testing Recommended in Type 1 Myotonic Dystrophy [7/5/06]
  • Two Meds May Be Better Than One [6/28/06]
  • Labs Find Microdystrophin Genes Effective [6/28/06]
  • Mouse Stem Cells Treat Paralysis in Rats [6/21/06]
  • Drug Combinations To Be Tested in ALS [6/20/06]
  • MDA and FARA to Accelerate Friedreich's Ataxia Research [6/19/06]
  • Investigators Study Nutrition, Respiratory Support In ALS [6/13/06]
  • Anti-Enzyme Compound Prolongs Survival in ALS-Destined Mice [6/9/06]
  • Robert Ross, MDA President & CEO, Dies [6/6/06]
  • ALS Community Exchanges Ideas At AAN Meeting [6/6/06]
  • New Compound Boosts Glutamate Transport In ALS-Affected Rodents [5/23/06]
  • Mice With ALS Benefit From Thalidomide [5/18/06]
  • NIV Improves Quality of Life For All, Longevity for Most With ALS [5/9/06]
  • FDA to Allow Ceftriaxone Study [5/4/06]
  • Diamondbacks Honor Father-Son Duo, Fitness Pioneer at MDA-ALS Awareness Night [5/4/06]
  • MDA Highlights ALS During May [5/1/06]
  • FDA OKs Lifesaving Treatment for Pompe Disease [4/28/06]
  • Membrane Damage Added to FSHD Picture [4/25/06]
  • More Genes Implicated In CMT [4/20/06]
  • Some With MG Have Autoimmunity-Related Protein Variant [4/17/06]
  • ALS, Dementia Linked to Chromosome 9 [4/13/06]
  • FDA Asks CepTor For More Data [4/11/06]
  • Pentoxifylline-Corticosteroid Combo Remains Open [4/7/06]
  • Angiogenin Gene Mutations Likely Boost ALS Susceptibility [4/5/06]
  • First U.S. Trial of DMD Gene Therapy Under Way [3/29/06]
  • Spinal Fluid Protein Levels Useful In ALS Diagnosis [3/28/06]
  • Las Vegas Bash Results Are In! [3/23/06]
  • MDA Funds Large-Scale Gene Screening Project To Find ALS Clues [3/20/06]
  • Scientists ID Molecular Consequences of FSHD Mutation [3/20/06]
  • Neurodegeneration Appears Tied To Molecular Motor Breakdowns [3/15/06]
  • Lamin Protein Flaw Turns on Heart-Damaging Genes [3/13/06]
  • MDA Ambassador's Last Book Published Posthumously [3/10/06]
  • Wobbler Mouse Gene ID May Unlock New Doors [3/9/06]
  • Las Vegas Bash to Raise Record Amount, Awareness for ALS Research [3/08/06]
  • Exon Skipping Trial In DMD Slated for Spring [3/7/06]
  • Protein Variant May Be Autoimmune Disease Risk Factor [3/2/06]
  • Help Fight Muscular Dystrophy One Shamrock at a Time [3/1/06]
  • Stanley Appel Receives 2005 Forbes Norris Award [2/23/06]
  • SOD1 Mutations Kill Nerve Cells - With Help [2/17/06]
  • Mouse Studies Bode Well for Exon Skipping in DMD [2/16/06]
  • 36 of 50 With ALS Tolerate Noninvasive Ventilation [2/14/06]
  • Singer Billy Gilman and MDA's Luke Christie to Welcome ERA Brokers [2/10/06]
  • MDA Launches ALS Translational Research Program [2/10/06]
  • Pentoxifylline Not Helpful in ALS [2/7/06]
  • Arimoclomol Trial Open to ALS Patients [2/6/06]
  • International ALS Meeting Covers Research, Care and Goals [2/2/06]
  • MDA-Funded ALS Registry Now Online [2/1/06]
  • Potent Antioxidant Found Safe, Well Tolerated [1/27/06]
  • Pediatrics Academy Publishes Heart Care Guidelines for Duchenne, Becker MDs [1/25/06]
  • Copaxone Results Encourage Investigators [1/24/06]
  • NIH Names Three New MD Centers of Excellence [1/19/06]
  • Limb-Girdle MD Gene Saves Hamster Hearts [1/17/06]
  • Sleepiness in MMD1 Not Due to Low Orexin [1/12/06]
  • MDA Grantee Receives NIH Pioneer Award [1/9/06]
  • New Myostatin Blocker Makes Mouse Muscles 60 Percent Larger [1/6/06]
  • U. of Rochester Initiates MDA-Funded Clinical Trial of Insmed's iPlex for Myotonic MD [1/4/06]
  • Research News: MDA Supports Bill to Ease Biotech Restrictions [1/4/06]
  • Research News: Diltiazem Not Helpful in FSHD [1/3/06]


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