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Dysferlinopathy is a rare form of limb-girdle muscular dystrophy where muscle weakness and atrophy is caused by deficiency of the dysferlin protein.
Researchers at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, have discovered a specific repair mechanism in heart muscle and identified a protein called dysferlin that is critical for resealing heart muscle cell membranes.
Mohan Viswanathan, a senior scientist at Cambria, will establish and implement a novel whole-organism screen to discover small molecule compounds that may correct the cellular dysfunction caused by mutations in the dysferlin gene that are responsible for human LGMD2A and Miyoshi Myopathy.
 
 
 
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