For fitness-minded folks, muscle testing can sound pretty intriguing. But it turns out that it has little to do with fitness...or even muscles. On a basic level, muscle testing looks at a muscle and ...

On September 30, 2009, the National Human Genome Research Institute, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and the National Institute of Neurological ...

The mutation that causes Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) can be detected in a prenatal screen. But a parent's decision to test for this terrible disease is not as easy as you would think. Families that ...

University of Iowa to use Bionano-based assay to replace most “gold standard” Southern blot tests for molecular diagnosis of FSHD SAN DIEGO, April 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bionano Genomics, Inc.

A new genetic test targeting the most common types of muscular dystrophy -- those caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene -- is far quicker with greater accuracy and sensitivity than existing tests ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Biogen Inc. (Nasdaq: BIIB) and Invitae Corporation (NYSE: NVTA) today announced that SMA STAT, a new, rapid-turnaround genetic ...

Carrier screening for SMA -- a serious genetic disease affecting approximately 1 in 10,000 infants that causes progressive muscle weakness and death -- should be made available to all families, ...

The clinical distinction between myopathic and neurogenic disorders of the motor unit is often difficult, since both lesions appear as flaccid, areflexic paralyses, often with variable muscular ...