On Sept. 7, the Deming community gathered at the Luna County Courthouse park to commemorate World Duchenne Awareness Day. Attendees were encouraged to wear red to show their support. Duchenne and ...

When you're diagnosing a child with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, says Alexandra Bonner, MD, of Cleveland Clinic, it's important to not only determine if she's a carrier of the gene mutation that ...

Muscular dystrophy is a disease caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene. The muscles of muscular dystrophy patients weaken and atrophy over time. Heart and breathing muscles may also eventually be ...

The first gene therapy that can treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; it will be marketed as Elevidys (delandistrogene moxeparvovec-rokl) ...

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is caused by a genetic mutation and affects one in every 5,000 boys born. Because the affected gene is on the X chromosome, girls are carriers of the mutant gene but ...

The Food and Drug Administration Thursday approved the first gene therapy treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a progressive disorder that typically robs boys of their ability to walk around age ...

Find out if it’s time to ask about your child’s symptoms — and if they could be a sign of Duchenne. Duchenne muscular dystrophy — sometimes referred to simply as Duchenne — is a genetic disorder that ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine report that an experimental drug first developed to treat kidney disease prolongs survival and improves muscle function in mice genetically engineered to develop ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Approximately 16 of every 100,000 children are diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Diagnosis typically ...

A popular fundraising event is returning to West Michigan to help Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy's fight to End Duchenne's. The Friar Fight Rock the River concert is returning for its third year.

A cell therapy stabilizes weakened muscles -- including the heart muscle -- in Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients, a new study shows. A cell therapy developed by the executive director of the Smidt ...