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Pharmacologic Intervention to Reduce the Risk of Episodic Weakness and Enhance Recovery from On-Going Episode of Weakness in Periodic Paralysis (UCLA Case No. 2022-274)

Researchers in the Department of Physiology in the School of Medicine have identified a novel method for the treatment of periodic paralysis. This approach focuses on a type of potassium channel that the team has newly discovered which can be modulated to relieve or prevent episodes of periodic paralysis with an FDA-approved drug. BACKGROUND: Periodic...

Published: 2/23/2024 | Inventor(s): Stephen Cannon

Keywords(s): Drug repurposing, Muscle weakness, Paralysis, Periodic paralysis

Category(s): Medical Devices, Therapeutics > Musculoskeletal Disease, Therapeutics > Genetic Diseases