AMT announces successful treatment of DMD with gene therapy

Posted on: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:44:00 EST


Symbols: AMLRF
Nov 11, 2009 (M2 EQUITYBITES via COMTEX) --
AMLRF | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Human gene therapy company Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics (AMT)
(Euronext: AMT) announced today that it has successfully treated
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in an animal model with its
proprietary gene therapy.

The company said that the proof of concept studies were performed in
collaboration with the group of Professor Irene Bozzoni, University of
Rome, La Sapienza, Italy, and demonstrated effectiveness in the heart
as well as in skeletal muscles.

In a previous study, AMT's gene therapy approach was shown to be
successful in the treatment of diseased human muscle cells obtained
from biopsies of DMD patients.

These data reportedly establish a robust basis for AMT's therapeutic
approach to DMD.

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