Delivering DMSO directly to your bladder may reduce inflammation and possibly prevent muscle contractions that cause frequency, urgency and pain.

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GTX, a company that is making a drug to prevent muscle wasting in cancer patients, was the best-performing biotech stock in May.

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She said a pill to prevent muscle loss would unfortunately not be able to change the genetic cause of muscular dystrophy, but might slow down the disease progression.

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Researchers believe it could help maintain muscle metabolism and prevent wastage and kick-start movement in patients struck by a syndrome.

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Genzyme is itself involved in a European 300-patient phase II trial that attempts to use skeletal muscle cells from the leg to prevent heart failure.

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