The most commonly diagnosed form of muscular dystrophy, Duchenne is a genetic disease that affects mostly boys and causes progressive muscle weakness over time. Its early physical signs tend to be ...

Key signs of spinal muscular atrophy include severe muscle weakness, difficulty breathing or swallowing, and missing ...

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a genetic disease in which muscle cells fail to produce a protein called dystrophin. Unlike some other forms of muscular dystrophy, in Duchenne there is a complete ...

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 ...

Pop star Jesy Nelson has campaigned for screening to be rolled out after her twins were diagnosed with the condition ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...