Muscular Dystrophy Association Marks Rare Disease Day by Spotlighting Community Stories Driving Progress in Research, Care, ...

Dr. Mackey’s project, “ Regenerating healthy human skeletal muscle at single nucleus resolution ,” will create the most detailed molecular map to date of how healthy human muscle repairs itself. The ...

Disability advocate TaLisha Gryzb is a mother of four living with muscular dystrophy who educates viewers about her ...

"Muscular dystrophy can take many things from me, but it will not take away my happiness, nor will it take away my faith." ...

"High clinical suspicion is important for this population of patients. Since muscular dystrophy is progressive in nature, monitoring disease progression in these patients is critical for timing ...

Jan 26 (Reuters) - Sarepta Therapeutics' gene therapy for a progressive muscle‑wasting disorder showed sustained benefit in ...

Muscle tissue damage appears when muscular dystrophy is induced in a mouse model (middle). But when researchers block the function of two genes that drive unwanted mitochondrial pore formation (right) ...

The muscular dystrophies are commonly associated with cardiovascular complications, including cardiomyopathy and cardiac arrhythmias. These complications are caused by intrinsic defects in ...

A new mouse model mimicking the liver symptoms of myotonic dystrophy type 1 -- the most prevalent form of adult-onset muscular dystrophy -- provides insight into why patients develop fatty liver ...

Researchers at Kumamoto University have demonstrated that iron supplementation can significantly alleviate muscle pathology ...

Zeleciment basivarsen (z-basivarsen) demonstrated sustained functional improvement across multiple clinical measures in the ongoing ACHIEVE clinical trial - - Expect to complete enrollment in ACHIEVE ...

While it’s established that Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) causes a loss of muscle mass and strength, few studies have examined the gastrointestinal issues tied to DMD. Initial fractures are the ...