| Show moms I -- '10' ' 11" ' i' '' ':'' le alt ' :g- r -- " -- i - GIANT STEPS - v : 41-- 0i:it ! 116-- Itiot been taken in the battle against muscular dystrophy in the last two years The deadliest form of the disease—Duchenne —may soon finally have an effective treatment Muscular Dystrophy Association scientists have successfully treated mice with this disease by injecting them with healthy muscle cells These healthy cells fuse with the unhealthy ones allowing them to grow normally This form of therapy called myoblast transfer will be tried on the first group of patients within the next few months The MDA also is pressing forward to find cures for 39 other disease: causing muscle and nerve deterioration that can lead to crippling and even death The association's scientists are closing in swiftly on the causes of the inheritable muscle diseases—disorders that can be passed from one generation to the next These include the 12 types of muscular dystrophy and most other diseases for which the MDA finances research Researchers already have found the cause of Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies They're close to finding the causes for myotonic dysmuscular dystrotrophy limb-girdphy forms of spinal muscular atrodisphy known as Werdnig-Hoffma- n disease ease and Kugelberg-Welanddisease Priedmusreich's ataxia Emery-Dreifucular dystrophy and facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy Myastheniagravis causes the body to attack its own muscles Not long ago the outlook for someone with the disease was bleak But MDA physicians spearheaded the development of several effective treatment options ' including plasmapheresis a life-saing blood exchange Newer treatments with an even greater potential to re- verse the effects including sporine are now being tested A powerful effort has been launched by the MDA to find the cause and cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) also known as Lou Gehrig's disease Suspecting that environmen-'-'''- k tal toxins may be a causative factor scientists are investigating geographical "pockets" where ALS is common and where certain toxins are known to exist in high amounts The MDA's success of late is largely the result of its strategy of bringing together researchers from all over the world triggering a rapid-fir- e exchange of scientific information and vastly increasing our ability to tackle muscle and nerve disorders s "4 Ir'"' t4- - 401 - ' i 7'' ) ''---' i T- i'e:--- s 7 ':!!!'k IF 'A - 4 134'''''''':7'1 1' ' ' lc ''' 1'0 :'' t i! c Li 4 'A1'Vnt‘' dt ' t l'' it!-- 4: '7'" ' "4-'- 2 ft ''' - '' 'i 7 "' 't - 71- 'i '': ' ' ' ''4 - L''77-- p'- 0:14'4'1Z ''Clrl-':- 14445 : i - - ' '' ' - ' ' ' - '' '' : '' ' e '' '' ' '' : q li 4 ' r '' - M s'i ' i '' '''il ' 4 '1 4 ' ' ''' i ' 0' 4: A ''' I- ' n it'''' '' 2-- :' - : 'N ' i'- :' ::-:4:- ? t '''$::'' - 1:1 "! 1 t ' : enttr'-- i:7-4- ofilZA '''01 elk :l ' ' :: 4 t': r N J(it 1 -1" "- 90eVsntn-?- Iss 1 '' e r 9q Or - - ' '- -' - ( ' -- '''-- ' '' ' I ''' - -' 4 -- ''- : - '''' 4i r ' 7 I7 I' ' Ilk - ' ' -- - C 2A' ': '' ''- - ' ' i t I ' : f-:- i' : - - f 17:'::t 4 : S r ' "1 ' ' i '9' I:!'' - 3 - :::' n ' ' ''' : : I i ::: 1 -' - - ' - : 1 j - : - : - k 1) ' ! 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