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Mayo researchers note that stronger leg muscles can protect against knee osteoarthritis
11-14-2006 · EurekAlert!Stronger quadriceps muscles in the legs can help protect against cartilage loss behind the kneecap, according to Mayo Clinic researchers presenting preliminary study data at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting on Nov. 15.
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- Helping muscle regenerate
11-01-2006 · EurekAlert!
Blocking a central signal molecule, researchers from the Mouse Biology Unit of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Monterotondo, Italy, have found a way to protect muscle from degenerating after injury and to improve muscle healing in mice. The study appears in the current issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation and suggests molecules with potential to speed up the regeneration of damaged muscle as promising drug targets for new therapies against muscle wasting.
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- Researchers find level of special protein is critical to proper formation of muscles
04-23-2007 · EurekAlert!
Proper formation of the proteins that power heart and skeletal muscle seems to rely on a precise concentration of a "chaperone" protein known as UNC-45, according to a new study.This basic discovery may have important implications for understanding and eventually treating heart failure and muscle wasting elsewhere in the body resulting from burns, brain trauma, diabetes, cancer and the effects of aging.
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- Researcher transplants stem cells to try to save patients' legs
01-21-2008 · EurekAlert!
A Northwestern University researcher has launched the first US trial in which a purified form of subjects' own adult stem cells was transplanted into their leg muscles with severely blocked arteries to try to grow new small blood vessels and restore circulation. Severely blocked arteries in the leg can result in the breakdown of tissue, gangrene and amputation. This painful condition is called critical limb ischemia and affects 1.4 million people in the US.
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- Mayo Clinic Cancer Center researcher finds mold by-product kills multiple myeloma
04-15-2007 · EurekAlert!
Mayo Clinic Cancer Center researchers have found that chaetocin, a by-product of a common wood mold, has promise as a new anti-myeloma agent. Results of their study, being presented today at the American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting, show the by-product to be more effective than currently used therapies at killing multiple myeloma cells.
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- Smoking worsens knee osteoarthritis
12-07-2006 · EurekAlert!
New findings from a study led by a Mayo Clinic rheumatologist indicate that men with knee osteoarthritis who smoke experience greater cartilage loss and more severe pain than men who do not smoke.
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- Muscle patterns in women may be linked to at risk positioning for ACL tears
09-18-2007 · EurekAlert!
Research suggests that training programs for females to restore balance between hamstring and quadriceps muscles to better support knee joints could help reduce the disproportionately high number of ACL tears in female athletes.
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- MRE could provide a definitive diagnosis for people with muscle pain, Mayo Clinic study shows
11-29-2007 · EurekAlert!
An estimated nine million men and women in the United States live with myofascial pain syndrome, a condition marked by pain that permeates muscles in the neck, back and shoulders. The condition is difficult to diagnose and not entirely understood, but research studies indicate that a new imaging technology developed at Mayo Clinic holds promise for a definitive diagnosis and, perhaps eventually, new treatments for people who have the syndrome.
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- Stem-cell transplantation improves muscles in MD animal model, UT Southwestern researchers report
01-20-2008 · EurekAlert!
Using embryonic stem cells from mice, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have prompted the growth of healthy -- and more importantly, functioning -- muscle cells in mice afflicted with a human model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
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- Swedish massage benefits osteoarthritis patients
12-11-2006 · EurekAlert!
Massage therapy is a safe and effective way to reduce pain and improve function in adults with osteoarthritis of the knee, researchers at the Yale Prevention Research Center and at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) report in the first clinical trial to assess the effectiveness of this treatment.
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- Stem-cell transplantation improves muscles in animal model of muscular dystrophy, researchers report
01-21-2008 · UT Southwestern Medical Center
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