A trace substance in caramelized sugar, when purified and given in appropriate doses, improves muscle regeneration in a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
This test was routinely used to detect deletions or duplications in conditions such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy but is being replaced by high-resolution array comparative genomic hybridization techniques.
Both her sons have Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a degenerative disease that progressively weakens all the muscles in the body including, eventually, the heart.