Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a rare neurological ... a sign of muscle cell damage. A muscle biopsy (tissue sample) is usually taken from the thigh muscle. Biopsy imaging examines muscle ...

Newborn screening is also cost-effective. Testing that takes just a few dollars per baby can save families and the health ...

A new article argues dystrophin immunogenicity is an under-examined issue in the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Two dose levels of a single-administration gene therapy were well-tolerated and led to functional improvements in ambulatory ...

WVE-N531 showed significant improvements in functional measures and muscle health in DMD patients during the phase 2 FORWARD-53 trial. Sustained exon skipping, dystrophin restoration, and improved ...

Suneel Ram's caregivers share some of the lessons they have learned while caring for the 28-year-old who was diagnosed with ...

DMD was first described by French neurologist Guillaume Benjamin Amand Duchenne in the 1860s. However, until the 1980s, ...

New research led by the University of Portsmouth has revealed how Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), best known for causing severe muscle degeneration, also profoundly affects the brain, leading to ...

Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) is a type of muscular dystrophy, a genetic condition that weakens and damages muscles. It can worsen with age. However, its symptoms are less severe than those of ...

This dystrophin transcript, theoretically, would exist in both muscle and the central nervous system, resulting in Duchenne muscular dystrophy in the former and neuronal dysfunction in the latter ...

Doing more to incorporate caregiver burden into value assessments and cost-effectiveness research of Duchene muscular ...

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a genetic disease ... DNA testing, and a muscle biopsy. Blood testing can detect elevated creatine kinase (CK) levels in your child’s blood.