A trial found magnetic resonance imaging correlated with physical function tests in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy ...

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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: diagnosis, clinical development and global researchMuscular dystrophy refers to a group of rare, genetic, progressive diseases that primarily affect the body’s muscles, ...

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

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

Suneel Ram’s needs gradually became greater after he was diagnosed at age 3 with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a muscle-wasting genetic disorder that afflicts one in 5,000 boys. Today ...

We might expect that for an X-linked lethal recessive disorder (e.g. Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy) that some proportion of the cases represent new mutational events. In order to narrow the XL-SMA ...

We’ve only had a mental health — I wouldn’t call it a crisis — but where mental health really became an issue. And it was with my oldest son, and he was still middle school age. So I feel like, as a ...

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 ...

The money raised from the event will go to Muscular Dystrophy UK, the leading charity for more than 110,000 adults and children in the UK living with one of over 60 muscle-wasting and weakening ...

Entertainment: West Philly honors Will Smith with street name near his alma mater To benefit Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA), the Grand Rapids Police Department and the Grand Rapids Fire ...