This quick alphabetical guide will help you feel more confident when talking about muscular dystrophy with your doctor and loved ones. Muscular dystrophy is the name for a group of genetic diseases ...

A recent clinical trial has shown that cellular therapy is safe and effective in stopping the deterioration of upper limb and heart functions in patients with late-stage Duchenne muscular dystrophy. A ...

An experimental RNA therapy from Avidity Biosciences has early clinical trial results showing it reduced by half the expression of a gene at the root of a rare, inherited form of muscular dystrophy ...

Cellular therapy offers promise for patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a rare genetic disorder causing muscle loss, physical impairments. Cellular therapy offers promise for patients ...

Eleven-year-old Brendan McMahon of Chicago was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy when he was six. In a very cool move, DePaul men's basketball has signed him to a National Letter of Intent ...

SEATTLE and MADISON, Wis., Dec 04, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via COMTEX) -- The Jain Foundation, a non-profit organization whose mission is to cure muscular dystrophies caused by dysferlin protein ...

A clinical trial at UC Davis Health and six other sites showed that a cellular therapy offers promise for patients with late-stage Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a rare genetic disorder causing ...

In an awesome display of support, DePaul has signed an 11-year-old with muscular dystophy to a National Letter of Intent for the 2014-15 season. Brandon McMahon was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular ...

California: A recent clinical trial led by the University of California has shown that cellular therapy is safe and effective in stopping the deterioration of upper limb and heart functions in ...