There is no cure for DMD, but treatments can slow the progression of the disease and help improve quality of life. Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a chronic condition that causes a gradual loss ...

Muscular dystrophy, known as DMD, is a rare and fatal genetic disease that primarily affects boys, slowly robbing them of their ability to walk, breathe and live independently. Until now, there have ...

Minnesota (WCCO) -- An 8-year-old northern Minnesota boy is one of the first in the country to receive a specific type of gene therapy treatment. Colton Belluzzo was diagnosed with a form of muscular ...

Panelists discuss how recent advancements in muscular dystrophy treatment have evolved toward truly disease-modifying therapies using gene replacement, antisense oligonucleotides, and gene transfer ...

Wedbush initiated coverage on Solid Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:SLDB), a gene therapy company focused on treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). DMD is a genetic disease that causes progressive ...

Researchers combined advanced imaging techniques and theoretical physics to observe and explain how nanoclusters of the protein emerin form inside living cells. The study uncovers the molecular 'rules ...

Panelists discuss how exciting ongoing research efforts are expanding similar gene therapy technologies to other muscular dystrophies like FSHD and myotonic dystrophy, using strategies to knock down ...

PTC Therapeutics withdrew a New Drug Application for Translarna, a muscular dystrophy treatment, after the Food and Drug Administration indicated it would likely not grant approval.

Muscular Dystrophy: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis and Treatment: By Anjali Srivastava Muscular dystrophy is a group of inherited conditions that cause gradual muscle weakness and loss of muscle mass. It ...

Cardiac complications in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) are the result of cardiac muscle involvement that accompanies the deterioration of skeletal muscle in the disease. The use of ...