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Day Laboratory for Neuromuscular Research
at MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease
The Cecil B. Day Laboratory for Neuromuscular Research was founded in 1983 to investigate genetic defects that cause neuromuscular paralysis. The focus of the initial investigations was a rare form of muscular dystrophy known as Miyoshi myopathy. A second disease that has been extensively studied in the Day Lab is Lou Gehrig's Disease, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Other research topics include periodic paralysis, a sensory-motor neuropathy (HSN1) and a form of adrenoleukodystrophy (Lorenzo's Oil Disease).
In each disease category, the initial research goal has been to identify primary gene defects that can cause these disorders. In each case, investigators in the Day Laboratory have been fortunate to participate in the discovery of underlying gene defects. The laboratory is now generating animal and Petri dish models of each disease as a first step toward developing treatments.
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