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Compound that Increases Muscle Mass

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mRNA Expression Signatures of Human Skeletal Muscle Atrophy Identify a Natural Compound that Increases Muscle Mass …Continue

Telomere alongation Astragaloside IV ?

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Someone knows something about this supplement?Continue

A new tool in genetic engineering

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Maybe interesting for non-sense stop mutations.Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 50: 2896-2902 (2011)…Continue

Tags: ribosomes, orthogonal, protein, engineering, translation

X chromosome dosage compensation

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http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v471/n7336/full/nature09757.htmlNature 471, 115–118 (03 March 2011)The…Continue

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About me:: I'm chemist, doing research for the medical devices industry.

About my family:: We have 3 childrens: a couple of twins, a girl and a boy with a nonsnense stop mutation in the dystrophyn gene, and a litlle baby girl.

Name(s) of child(ren)/individual(s) with Duchenne:: Eyal

Age(s) of child(ren)/individual(s) with Duchenne:: 4-6

City:: Barcelona, Spain

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Control devices with the mind

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In a jaw-dropping feat of engineering, electronics turn a person's thoughts into commands for a robot. Using a brain-computer interface technology pioneered by University of Minnesota biomedical engineering professor Bin He, several young people have learned to use their thoughts to steer a flying robot around a gym, making it turn, rise, dip, and even sail through a ring.

The technology may someday allow people robbed of speech and mobility by neurodegenerative diseases to regain… Continue

Upregulators of Utrophin Production

Posted on May 6, 2011 at 2:53pm 0 Comments 0 Favorites

Discovery of 2-Arylbenzoxazoles as Upregulators of Utrophin Production for the Treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jm200135z

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At 2:58am on May 30, 2012, Tammy said…: Have you had any success with the amino acid supplements you are giving your son?

At 2:04pm on June 6, 2010, celia garcia gomez said…: Hola de nuevo, disculpa Arad ,antes solo te pregunte por tu hijo, en vez de hacerlo, por tu familia, ya que pronto sereis padres ,sino he leido mal.SALUDOS

At 1:57pm on June 6, 2010, celia garcia gomez said…: Hola,Ofir Arad, gracias por el aviso ¿Cómo esta tu hijo? Saludos

At 4:12pm on June 3, 2010, celia garcia gomez said…: GRACIAS, Arad , por tu información, nos pondremos en contacto con nuestro médico. Me gustaría seguir contactando, hasta pronto.SALUDOS