http://goldbamboo.com/ Bietti's Crystalline Dystrophy News from GoldBamboo.com en-us © 2005, Gold Bamboo LLC, All Rights Reserved http://goldbamboo.com/news-a218833.html The nutritional supplement creatine can help strengthen the weakened muscles of people with muscular dystrophy, a review of the research suggests. Fri, 02 Feb 2007 11:36 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a216586.html Losartan, a widely used blood-pressure drug, reduced muscle damage in mice with the most common form of muscular dystrophy, researchers at Johns Hopkins report. Sun, 21 Jan 2007 08:22 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a216709.html Researchers at Johns Hopkins have shown that a drug commonly used to lower blood pressure reverses muscle wasting in genetically engineered mice with Marfan syndrome and also prevents muscle degeneration in mice with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The results are reported online this week at Nature Medicine. Mon, 22 Jan 2007 04:00 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a216631.html Researchers at Johns Hopkins have shown that a drug commonly used to lower blood pressure reverses muscle wasting in genetically engineered mice with Marfan syndrome and also prevents muscle degeneration in mice with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The results are reported online this week at Nature Medicine.In 2006, a team led by Harry "Hal" Dietz, M.D. [click link for full article] Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:00 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a217165.html Chemists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new set of reference materials that could contribute to significant improvements in workplace safety through more accurate measurement of the amount of quartz dust in the air.Crystalline silica or quartz is one of the most common minerals on Earth. [click link for full article] Wed, 24 Jan 2007 07:00 EST