Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a rare neurological condition that causes severe muscle weakness and intellectual disability. DMD is an inherited (passed down) disorder. The condition is linked ...

Werner is CEO of Alltrna and CEO-partner at Flagship Pioneering. Duchenne muscular dystrophy has seen more progress in the past 15 months (give or take) than in the last couple of decades combined. In ...

Managing osteoporosis and bone health in Duchenne muscular dystrophy occurs in a high-risk environment for fractures due to disease-related loss of muscle and movement, adverse effects of ...

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a genetic condition that causes progressive muscle weakness and wasting. It is an X-linked recessive disorder that occurs due to changes in the DMD gene, which ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A first-of-its-kind gene therapy was just approved to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a devastating condition affecting roughly 1 out of 3,500 to 5,000 boys. The game-changing ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is tightening restrictions on a gene therapy used to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy after two teenagers died from liver failure linked to the medication. The ...

When Conner Curran was first diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy at age 4, his parents were told there was nothing they could do to change his life's course. Jessica and Chris should enjoy ...

BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. FOUR YEAR OLD LUCAS LOVES A GOOD PLAYDATE AT THE PARK. HI, LUCAS. HI. IT’S SANDBOX TRUCKS TODAY, BUT HIS FAVORITE PLAYING SUPERHEROES. THIS IS HIS FAVORITE RIGHT NOW. PJ ...

Japanese drugmaker Nippon Shinyaku said on Monday that its Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug, Viltepso, part of a controversial class of treatments for the rare disease, had failed to reach its primary ...

More than 30 types of muscular dystrophy have been identified. They all cause problems with movement due to muscle protein defects caused by genetic mutations. Muscular dystrophy is a group of ...

A young person with Duchenne muscular dystrophy died following treatment with the recently approved gene therapy delandistrogene moxeparvovec (Elevidys), Sarepta Therapeutics said in a statement ...