Research news

An online questionnaire study examining how psychological factors impact on quality of life and mood over time has been started by Researchers based at Edinburgh University.

Researchers have identified a gene which may affect the severity of the symptoms of FSH muscular dystrophy.

A group of researchers in the USA has used a screen in zebrafish cells to identify three factors that promote muscle tissue formation in human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells.

A new patient registry for individuals with facioscapulohumeral (FSH) muscular dystrophy, funded by the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign has been launched today.

An international team of researchers from the Netherlands, France and the USA has identified mutations in a gene called SMCHD1 which can cause FSH type 2

Researchers at the Royal Veterinary College, University of London have received a grant from the Medical Research Council to investigate an experimental drug for its ability to del

Prof John Weinman and researcher Chris Graham from King’s College London are looking for volunteers to help them trial a different type of intervention aimed at increasing qualit

Scientists in the USA have brought us one step closer to understanding the complicated molecular mechanisms that underlie facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD).

A study is asking people aged 12 to 21 who have muscular dystrophy about their attitudes towards medical research and taking part in it.

Researchers in the USA have successfully generated a mouse model of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSH).