Investigational Drug Tested For Preventing Muscle Fiber Death In Muscular Dystrophy, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Study

EurekAlert -- CINCINNATI – An investigational antiviral drug currently undergoing human trials in Europe for treating Hepatitis C infections may have potential to reduce muscle cell damage in Duchenne and other forms of muscular dystrophy (MD). A research team led by Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center reported their results using three different mouse models of MD in a letter posted online March 16 by the journal Nature Medicine.

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