Early screening for Duchenne muscular dystrophy can help you get early treatments and referrals for your child to help prevent further loss of muscle tissue. Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD ...

An 8-year-old northern Minnesota boy is one of the first in the country to receive a specific type of gene therapy treatment.

WVE-N531, an oligonucleotide, elicited significant functional benefit and reversal of muscle damage in the Phase II ...

A patient has died while taking a closely watched gene therapy for muscular dystrophy. Sarepta Therapeutics announced the ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Tx — The Corpus Christi Fire Department (CCFD) and Corpus Christi Professional Firefighter Association’s ...

While plenty of people are going green in honor of Saint Patrick's Day, one student at East Stroudsburg University is turning ...

Treatment with losmapimod resulted in no clear benefit compared with placebo in individuals with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy at 48 weeks, according to research presented at MDA.

WVE-N531 demonstrated statistically significant improvements in muscle biopsy measures and functional measures in patients ...

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a genetic condition that primarily affects people assigned male at birth. However, due to the condition’s X-linked inheritance pattern, only people assigned ...

Researchers focused on Myotonic Dystrophy 1 heart problems are testing a novel approach to restore normal function.

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is the most common adult-onset form of muscular dystrophy and a condition that severely ...