Researchers 'may identify muscular dystrophy'
Scientists from the University of Birmingham may have uncovered the key to predicting muscular dystrophy (MD) earlier in life, it has emerged.
A team of specialists have studied key proteins involved in MD and found that the most severe form of the condition, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, may be identified early, making it far easier to treat.
The report was authored by Deborah Merrick, Lukas Kurt Josef Stadler, Dean Larner, and Janet Smith from the school of biosciences at the establishment and will be published in the next issue of the journal Disease Models & Mechanisms.
According to the expert, there is a chance that the disease may be detected in some people after birth or even before the child has been born, which may interest those with family health insurance.
In other news, healthcare professionals at the University of Illinois and the Chicago College of Medicine believe they have unlocked some of the keys to the incurable muscular and mental condition Huntington's disease.
By James McCann 
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