College of Medicine
Hammers Lab
Led by David Hammers · Pharmacology and Therapeutics
What we study
The Hammers Lab studies muscle and heart diseases, focusing on muscular dystrophies. They use small molecules and gene therapies to treat these conditions by reducing muscle damage and improving regeneration.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Project
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- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Investigating cellular dynamics in muscle diseases
The lab studies how muscle diseases progress and how remodeling therapeutics can improve treatment outcomes.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- Rats lacking emerin develop muscle pathologies and molecular alterations found in humans with X-linked EDMD
2026 · Human Molecular Genetics
Shows that rats without emerin develop muscle and heart problems similar to human X-linked EDMD.
- Functional and structural pathologies in skeletal muscle of a rat model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy
2026 · Skeletal Muscle
Creates a rat model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy to study muscle damage and disease progression.
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- Combination S100A1 and ARC gene therapy as a treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy cardiomyopathy
2026 · JCI Insight
Tests whether S100A1 and ARC gene therapy can improve heart function in mice with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
- Systemic responses to intravenous rAAV administration in boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy
2026 · Frontiers in Molecular Medicine
Studies how rAAV gene therapy affects muscle and immune system in boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
- Effect of Tadalafil on cardiac function and left ventricular dimensions in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: safety and cardiac MRI substudy results from a randomized, placebo-controlled trial
2025 · BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
Checks if tadalafil affects heart function in children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
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How to reach out
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