I would like to further my education in this matter. I am an avid reader and would like suggestions on what to purchase. Technical manuals will do little for...
There is an excellent book by Alan Emery called "Muscular Dystrophy: The Facts." It is very comprehensive, but it is aimed at the lay person and includes...
... Daniel: Exactly what sort of information were you looking for? Muscular dystrophy in general or dysferlinopathy in particular? Were you more interested in...
Thanks again Sharon. You are a great help as always. Daniel, I would like something regarding dysferlinopathy if possible, but I would settle for anything...
... For the time being, dysferlinopathy (or even LGMD) is probably too narrow a topic for somebody to write a book about. There are some review articles in...
Dave, May I ask you what form (Miyoshi distal form / LGMD2 B form) of dysferlinopathies you have? Concerning books references, I don't think being helpful...
Hello all, :) Hope you're doing well. Someone asked me about the decrypton, so I thought you might be interested too. This is my 2 cents about it: In France...
There are 8 presentations and one discussion workshop on dysferlin in the program for the upcoming Internatioal Congress on Neuromuscular Diseases in July...
I've decided to activate the "moderater" feature on posting messages. Most people recieve all the postings as e-mails (you can change this under the options...
Thanks, Brad. I think we do need you stepping in. Not that I get all that much mail from the group, but it's a bother when it's a repeat or a spam attack. ...
... Daniel: Thanks for the mention, Brad! While I won't be able to attend the Congress myself, several people from my lab will be paying close attention to the...
Dear members, Since the dysferlin gene is known, why antisense/sense paradigm has not been used more intensively in clinical research? Ce paradigm is based on...
... Dear Sophareth, Thanks for answering and furthering my questions in a so unexpected way, though. I was thinking that antisense/ sense RNA paradigm's...
Dear Dyferliners, Dysferlinopathies seem to be, at least for instant, a recessive disorder. Such as the antisense/sense paradigm (suppression of pathological...
Nat, The big big problem is to define precisely the molecular etiology of diverse forms of dysferlinopathies and their numberless regulation networks. ...
Dear dysferliners, I've posted in the group bookmark a few links which might interested some of you about MD infos. One of them is the URL of the dysferlin...
Dear sophareth and all, Ok, to avoid all confusion, you can call me Nat all ( shorter, et cuter than Phalevi, duh?) Just checked the scheme in the photos...
I'm posting this message for natalisan, who is currently having internet connection trouble :-( The decrypthon acts as a sort of screen saver, to have your...
A friend of mine, Ricardo Rojas, has proposed establishing Sept. 17 (the birthday of Dr. Guillaume Duchenne, who gave the first clinical description of the...
Hi everyone! Nice to be back! Thank you Brad for filling in my last message for me:) Concerning RNA interference/ repairing. An intro to this new kind of...
I was wondering if anyone in this group knows any information about current diagnostic tests available for LGMD type 2B. I've read that there are a number of...
Hi Lucinda, The diagnostic test currently done involves testing for the presence of the dysferlin protein, using an antibody which recognizes dysferlin....
Thanks Brad for the very helpful information on diagnostic testing. I've been wondering if anyone in this group has had a similar experience of rate of...
Hello All My name is Aman and I have had a similar experience. In high school, I had elevated liver enzymes but no symptoms. I weightlifted, ran track, and...
Hello, I just found out that a member of our family is diagnosed with Miyoshi Myopathy. How can I help? __________________________________________________ Do...
