The muscular dystrophies are commonly associated with cardiovascular complications, including cardiomyopathy and cardiac arrhythmias. These complications are caused by intrinsic defects in ...
Genetic testing, often via a blood sample, can confirm a muscular dystrophy diagnosis. It can also identify specific gene mutations to help guide treatment and determine whether or not someone is a ...
Sarepta says it has what could be the first gene therapy for limb girdle muscular dystrophy. But approval is going to be ...
"My medicine is making me stronger," 7-year-old Hudson Sanford says after receiving a breakthrough gene therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her ...
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 ...
Christine McSherry is a registered nurse and founder of Jett Foundation. On Sunday at 1 a.m. Eastern time, an announcement went out from the first-generation gene therapy company for Duchenne muscular ...
Data are scarce regarding the benefits of strength training for muscular dystrophies, for which there are no cures. Strength training to ameliorate the effects of muscular dystrophies (MDs) was found ...
Approximately 16 boys with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), including several teenagers, are set to benefit from the drug, givinostat. Patients will have to meet certain criteria, including being ...
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) today announced that CIFFREO, a Phase 3 global, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study evaluating the investigational ...
Leah Messer is opening up about navigating her daughter Ali's muscular dystrophy as the 15-year-old takes a big step in her life: high school. In an interview with TooFab ahead of the new season of ...