Press releases
At the crossroads of research and medicine : Two congresses pointing the way forward to clinical trials - 06/09/2008
Since 2000 each International Congress of Myology organised by the AFM has marked a step in the research concerning neuromuscular diseases. This third congress marked that of clinical development – many of the interventions during Myology 2008 were oriented towards therapeutic prospects or presented trials in humans. There is a boom in stem cells, particularly for the heart; gene surgery, which is being enriched by various techniques; as well as pharmacology etc. The time has arrived for treatments and with it, the development of evaluation methods for clinical trials has become of paramount importance. This is why Myology 2008 shared its programme this year with the 5th International Rehabilitation Congress in Neuromuscular Diseases. Through these two congresses the AFM has demonstrated that – from laboratory to patient – now is the time of the turning point.
Myology 2008 - Last day: updates on innovative therapeutics - 06/02/2008
For its last day, Myology 2008 shared its programme with the opening of the 5th international rehabilitation conference in neuromuscular diseases. At the crossroads of research and medicine, the two congresses drew up an inventory this morning on the latest innovations in the matter of gene-based therapies.
Myology 2008 : Highlights from Wednesday 28 May and Thursday 29 May - 05/30/2008
Myology 2008 : Highlights from Wednesday 28 May - 05/29/2008
Dedicated to the heart, the second day of Myology 2008 opened with the contributions of international experts such as the American, Kenneth Chien (Boston, USA) and the French researchers Michel Pucéat and Christelle Monville of I-Stem (Institute fro Stem cell Therapy and Exploration of Monogenic diseases, inaugurated in September and financed by the AFM).
Myology 2008 : 3rd international congress of myology, Marseille – 26 to 30 May 2008 - 05/19/2008
Walking, reaching out, jumping, getting up, but also breathing, digesting and eating etc. All these acts demanded of our bodies in order that they function correctly are possible thanks to the some 500 muscles that make them up, and which represent 40% of our body weight. While fundamental knowledge about the muscle continues to grow, clinical research is also making great strides. It is in this context – as the turning point towards treatment is getting under way with about forty clinical trials ongoing or in preparation – that the AFM is organising its third international scientific congress devoted to myology from 26 to 30 May in Marseille.