Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine report that an experimental drug first developed to treat kidney disease prolongs survival and improves…
New research published in JAMA recommends daily steroid doses for children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), marking a significant change…
A cell therapy developed by the executive director of the Smidt Heart Institute stabilizes weakened muscles–including the heart muscle–in Duchenne…
Each year, about 20,000 children are diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a rare genetic condition that causes progressive muscle weakness…
In a new study, the group of Johan Auwerx at EPFL’s School of Life Sciences has made the first connection…
Many more adults with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) are living longer thanks to improvements in treatment, however international standards of…
Muscle stem cells enable our muscle to build up and regenerate over a lifetime through exercise. But if certain muscle…
New research from the University of Minnesota Medical School found mutations in a novel gene that may help identify patients…
A mutation in the gene that causes cystic fibrosis may accelerate heart function decline in those with Duchenne muscular dystrophy…
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common muscle disease in children and is passed on by X-linked recessive inheritance….
A protein known to drive nerve cell survival in the brain and spinal cord might also protect failing hearts in…
New research published in The Journal of Physiology today suggests that enhancing breathing via the brain may limit deficiencies in…