This volume contains the text of the presentations delivered at the International Symposium on Rare Diseases Inherited Neuromuscular Diseases: Translation from Pathomechanisms to Therapies, held in Valencia, Spain, from November 16 to 18, 2008. The symposium represents a part of the continuous efforts on dif- sion of science to the society of the Catedra Santiago Grisolia and the Fundacion Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias Comunitat Valenciana. More than 200 inter- tional scientists from different countries of Europe, the USA, and Australia attended the meeting. The venue was the Auditorium...