We measured plasma albumin thiol oxidation at various time points across the lie span of the mdx mice- at 23 days (during the acute phase of myonecrosis), 6 weeks (after the initial phase of myonecrosis has reduced and stabilised, and is approaching adult levels), 12 weeks (stable adult levels of myonecrosis) and 18 months (extensive fibrosis is evident) [47,48,49,50,59]. The gene discussed is ALB; the disease is gas gangrene.