Statins, a cholesterol-lowering medication, can increase the amount of a good cholesterol component that is found in low levels in…
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Researchers found a 50-year-old hypertension therapy can enhance the amount of frataxin protein in cells from patients with Friedreich’s…
Patients with Friedreich’s ataxia have impaired emotion recognition that may be secondary to neuropsychological impairment, according to a study…
Increased levels of six small RNA molecules, or microRNAs, in the blood could be a specific genetic marker for…
Researchers at Tufts University have developed a new, more powerful method of analyzing DNA sequencing to better identify and…
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a synthetic molecule that may help overcome the effects of the genetic…
Researchers have found that asymptomatic dysfunction of mitochondrial activity in the part of the brain that regulates muscular activity, the…
Transplanting hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) restored muscle strength and motility function in a mouse model of Friedreich’s ataxia,…
A manmade version of the frataxin protein that’s missing in Friedreich’s ataxia increased frataxin levels in the muscles of mice with the…
CRISPR Therapeutics has received a grant from the Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance to support its work on gene editing as…