Muscle Cell Receptor Component Increases Myasthenia Gravis Treatment’s Punch, Study Shows

University of Pennsylvania researchers used a component of rats’ muscle cell receptors to increase the punch of a myasthenia gravis treatment derived from an electric ray — an ocean animal that administers a shock like an electric eel. The team’s immune system suppression strategy alleviated the disease in rats and prevented…

Long-term Use of Prograf May Increase Risk of Lymphoma in MG Patients, Case Report Suggests

Researchers have found that the long-term use of the immunosuppressive drug Prograf (tacrolimus) may contribute to the development of lymphoma in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG). This finding resulted from a case report published in Internal Medicine, the journal of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine. Myasthenia gravis…