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Unwinding Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors: Givinostat in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Oct 4, 2024 | neurologylive.com | Kevin Chang

October 4, 2024Amifampridine enhances neuromuscular transmission and relieves muscle weakness, showing promise for Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome and other neuromuscular junction disorders. Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a debilitating and progressive X-linked genetic disorder characterized by the absence of the dystrophin protein, which plays a crucial role in maintaining the structural integrity of muscle fibers.
Amifampridine in LEMS and Beyond: Unraveling Its Therapeutic Potential

Jul 21, 2024 | neurologylive.com | Kevin Chang

July 21, 2024Amifampridine enhances neuromuscular transmission and relieves muscle weakness, showing promise for Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome and other neuromuscular junction disorders.
The Glymphatic Pathway: Evaluating Neurological Conditions From a New Perspective

Mar 20, 2024 | neurologylive.com | Kevin Chang

March 20, 2024NeurologyLiveSpring 2024This complex waste clearance pathway within the CNS plays a crucial role inmaintaining brain homeostasis, as a mechanism of protein waste removal alongside autophagy and protein aggregate ubiquitination.
Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone Receptor in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Oct 31, 2023 | neurologylive.com | Kevin Chang

October 31, 2023NeurologyLiveOctober 2023Recent research has suggested a role for thyroid hormones and their receptor, thyrotropin, in muscle regeneration and development, making a case for further investigation in DMD.
Botulinum Toxin in Cervical Dystonia

Aug 26, 2023 | neurologylive.com | Kevin Chang

Aug 26, 2023NeurologyLiveAugust 2023Cervical dystonia, the most common form of focal dystonia, has shown to be able to be effectively managed with a variety of botulinum toxin formulations. Your browser does not support the audio element. Prefer to listen to your news? Click play to hear this article read aloud.
Jamaica should have world's best Independence celebrations

Aug 6, 2023 | jamaicaobserver.com | Kevin Chang

Jamaica is the world's youngest and smallest cultural superpower. No nation so young and so small has made such a global cultural impact. British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) country profiles nearly all focus on politics, economics, or war.
Long-standing resource constraints affecting lottery scamming cases, says DPP

Jul 6, 2023 | jamaicaobserver.com | Kevin Chang

Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn has pointed to a number of factors, including long-standing resource constraints, that are affecting the completion of lottery scamming cases.
Jamaica's best managed economy since 1962?

Jul 2, 2023 | jamaicaobserver.com | Kevin Chang

"New commercial and high-end condominiums are rising from the dirt, the minimum wage is going up, unemployment is the lowest it's been in years and tourism — the engine of the economy — is once more booming.
Diffusiophoresis of a Weakly Charged Liquid Metal Droplet

May 5, 2023 | mdpi.com | Leia Fan |Jason Lin |Annie Yu |Kevin Chang

This is an early access version, the complete PDF, HTML, and XML versions will be available soon. Open AccessArticleby, , , , , , , and * Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
A sad tale of two islands — Jamaica and Trinidad

Mar 12, 2023 | jamaicaobserver.com | Kevin Chang

Outside Western Europe & Anglosaxonia — the UK, the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand — the English-speaking Caribbean is collectively the most stable set of democracies on Earth. Outside the one-off and never-repeated 1983 Grenada Revolution, every change of Government in the region has been peaceful. Quite a proud record unmatched in the developing world. Unfortunately, six of the planet's eight most murderous places are English-speaking Caribbean.