Sealing the deal to block heart failure in dogs with muscular dystrophy
Friday, March 19, 2010 - 08:36
in Health & Medicine
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a severe form of muscular dystrophy characterised by rapid progression of muscle degeneration that eventually leads to death. However, due to advances in palliative respiratory care, heart failure is now emerging as a leading cause of death, and there are currently no effective therapies for this fatal clinical consequence of DMD...