In a new report, Satoru Noguchi and his colleagues have shown that oral administration of various sialic acid compounds helps improve the behavior of skeletal muscles in a mouse model of a severely debilitating human muscle disease—one with no current treatment option. Given the simplicity of their approach, it is possible these findings could have immediate clinical impact.
- May Christine V Malicdan
- Satoru Noguchi
- Ichizo Nishino
