There is an increasing awareness in the clinical and scientific communities concerning the importance and need of a detailed understanding of muscle disorders, now being more efficiently diagnosed than before. Understanding the disease mechanisms is a pre-requisite for finding novel therapeutic options. In muscle disease patients, the day-to-day activities rapidly cause fatigue in the muscles, and recovery times are long. To date, no cure exists. The aim of our research group at the Folkhälsan Research Center is to shed light on the disease mechanisms, enabling us to connect the genetics to the clinical severity and course of the disease. We use novel single muscle-fibre methods, serving as a platform for finding new therapeutic targets and identifying patients who would benefit from a specific therapy. Our group is well connected for preparation of therapeutic trials, providing a possibility of direct implementation of therapies deemed to be safe and potentially efficient.

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