…TIMESLOT: Thursday 21 November 2024 16:00 CET
…THEME: Muscle pathology of storage diseases with focus on polyglucosan and lipid storage myopathies
…PRESENTERS: Prof. Anders Oldfors (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
Anders Oldfors’ research group is focused on muscle diseases. This is a large group of different diseases, which cause muscle weakness as the main symptom. The diseases may start at infancy or in adulthood and cause in many cases severe muscle impairment. The aims of our research are to identify the cause of disease and the genetic background in cases of hereditary muscle diseases. We combine clinical investigations with microscopic studies on biopsies of the affected tissue, the muscle, to get clues to the correct diagnosis. By further analyses including a wide spectrum of methods we can understand the disease mechanisms and identify new diseases.