Video Abstracts
Welcome to the NMD4C Video Abstracts page!
Here, members of the Neuromuscular Disease Network for Canada including trainees, researchers, and clinicians share quick, accessible video summaries of their latest published papers and discoveries. These brief presentations break down complex research into clear, engaging insights, making it easier than ever to explore emerging breakthroughs across the Canadian neuromuscular community.
Whether you are a scientist, healthcare professional, patient advocate, or student, we invite you to watch, stay informed, and connect with the early-career and established researchers driving the field forward.
Published recently in Annals of Neurology, this video abstract is of a study by Dr. Emma Sutton titled “Maternal-Fetal Administration of Risdiplam Partially Rescues the SMNΔ7 Mouse Model of Spinal Muscular Atrophy(opens in new tab)” which explores the potential of early prenatal therapeutic interventions for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA).
This video abstract presents Jules Granet’s work from Dr. Natasha Chang’s lab titled “Muscle stem cells in Duchenne muscular dystrophy exhibit molecular impairments and altered cell fate trajectories impacting regenerative capacity”, published recently in Cell Death & Disease. This investigates how muscle stem cell dysfunction contributes to impaired muscle regeneration in Duchenne muscular dystrophy and how targeting autophagy could help to improve their regenerative capacity.
Share your Video Abstract with NMD4C!
If you’d like to share your work with us, please review our video abstract guidelines below and then send a short caption with a link to the downloadable video to our Communications Coordinator, Lola Owoeye.
Please note: all video abstracts are required to have closed captions to be accessibile to everyone.