Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common hereditary heart disease. It causes the left ventricle to thicken, the ...

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Sept. 10, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MyoKardia, Inc. (Nasdaq: MYOK), today announced that it will study mavacamten as a therapeutic alternative to septal reduction therapy ...

When a young athlete suddenly dies of a heart attack, chances are high that they suffer from familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Itis the most common genetic heart disease in the US and ...

BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Edgewise Therapeutics, Inc., (Nasdaq: EWTX), a leading muscle disease biopharmaceutical company, today announced the dosing of the first patient in the Phase 2 ...

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 21, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MyoKardia, Inc. (Nasdaq: MYOK) today announced that it has dosed the first subjects in a Phase 1 clinical study of MYK-224, a small ...

Research using heart cells from squirrels, mice and people identifies an evolutionary mechanism critical for heart muscle function. Gene defect that affects a protein found in the heart muscle ...

BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Edgewise Therapeutics, Inc., (Nasdaq: EWTX), a leading muscle disease biopharmaceutical company, today announced that the Company will present the results of ...

Research using heart cells from squirrels, mice and people identifies an evolutionary mechanism critical for heart muscle function. Research using heart cells from squirrels, mice and people ...

The findings- based on experiments with human, mouse and squirrel heart cells- also demonstrate that when this mechanism goes awry it sets off a molecular cascade that leads to cardiac muscle ...

A study in human and mouse heart cells identifies a faulty molecular brake in the most common form of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a leading cause of sudden cardiac death in young people and athletes ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common genetic disease of the heart and a leading cause of sudden cardiac death in young people and athletes. Scientists have long known that the ...