Younger Friedreich’s ataxia patients have an abnormal assembly of heart structures called intercalated discs (ICD) which prevent proper transmission of…
Articles by Magdalena Kegel
Injections of vitamin B1 improved several symptoms in patients with Friedreich’s ataxia and kept patients from deteriorating further over a…
While speech difficulties in patients with Friedreich’s ataxia are not linked to the severity of disease, certain speech aspects associated…
The severity of the frataxin mutation, which causes Friedreich’s ataxia (FA), is the main factor determining the speed of the disease’s…
Researchers have created a cell model that will allow the study of molecular changes that result from the loss of…
Researchers report identifying two potential blood biomarkers of Friedreich’s ataxia disease progression and drug response that could be used, in…
Friedreich’s ataxia (FA) patients have elevated blood levels of a factor indicating increased collagen production, a finding that researchers could…
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York have discovered mechanisms that explain how a mutation in the…
Neurodegeneration in Friedreich’s ataxia can be independent of faulty mitochondria and oxidant molecules. Rather, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston,…
Production of frataxin protein in most Friedreich ataxia patients is blocked by gene mutations that prevent the reading (transcription) of the…