Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Methods and Protocols

Book Overview

This volume explores experimental approaches used to study Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), an X-linked degenerative skeletal muscle disease caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene. Including the latest progress and scientific achievements, the book covers recent discoveries achieved through in vivo gene editing which have proven to be promising in restoring dystrophin expression, at least in ameliorating skeletal muscle symptoms, and the contents...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1493973738
• ISBN13: 9781493973736
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Humana
• Length: 287 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 10.0"