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The DREAMS team has now become stronger with the addition of University College London (UCL), a world leader in biomedical research and regenerative medicine. UCL has officially joined the project to contribute its scientific and clinical expertise in neuromuscular disorders, stem cell research and data-driven discovery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rare neuromuscular disorders present significant challenges to patients and health systems across Europe. Those affected often face prolonged diagnostic journeys, sometimes spanning years, that can result in irreversible muscle degeneration and reduced quality of life. Additionally, the rarity of these conditions hampers clinical research and drug development, leaving many patients without approved therapies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">DREAMS is addressing these challenges by combining AI-based drug discovery, stem cell data and advanced phenotypic screening to speed up the discovery of promising therapeutic candidates. Its focus is on five rare neuromuscular diseases: centronuclear myopathy, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy type 2, Pompe disease and Danon disease. These diseases may affect patients differently, but they all involve defects in muscle cell organisation and energy processing. DREAMS is studying them together through induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) models in order to find treatments that can target common pathways and benefit multiple patient communities.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>What UCL brings<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By joining the team, UCL contributes its expertise in generating high-quality patient-derived iPSC lines for additional neuromuscular diseases, expanding the diversity and robustness of DREAMS\u2019 experimental models. It also shares its advanced muscle differentiation and cellular modelling capabilities, essential for analysing disease mechanisms and validating biomarker signatures. Further contributions include its specialised assays to test drug efficacy and mechanisms of action, and its deep clinical and scientific knowledge of neuromuscular disorders. These all strengthen DREAMS\u2019 capacity to identify shared disease mechanisms and translate findings to new therapies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe are delighted that UCL is joining the DREAMS consortium to advance research into rare neuromuscular disorders,\u201d remark UCL researchers Francesco Saverio Tedesco and Sara Benedetti in a news item(opens in new window) posted on the project website. \u201cThis collaboration allows us to combine UCL\u2019s expertise in stem cell modelling, disease phenotyping, and advanced therapies with the consortium\u2019s collective strengths. 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