Two major steps are now complete in an early clinical trial testing a one-time epigenetic therapy — a treatment designed to turn on or off a specific gene without changing the underlying DNA — for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), a genetic disease that characteristically affects the muscles of the…
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Last month, the Purple Parade featured my story on its website. Reading my profile prompted me to reflect on why I continue speaking up about living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and what I hope these conversations might achieve. The Purple Parade is Singapore’s largest disability-inclusion movement,…
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This year’s Be Their Muscle campaign has raised more than $641,000 to support MDA Summer Camp for children and adolescents with muscular dystrophy and other neuromuscular diseases, and to help advance research and care for these patient populations. Resulting from a partnership between the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA)…
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I have been involved with the annual Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD) conference since 2002. Back then, the conference was attended by fewer than 50 people, almost no one living with muscular dystrophy (MD), and no representatives from pharmaceutical companies. The sessions were presented by scientists who did…
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“You have your hands full.” I have heard that said hundreds of times over the past 25 years, and I hated hearing it. I always had a response ready: “Sure, but my heart is fuller,” I would say. However, I’m currently in a season of life and caregiving where…
Becoming educated and informed about muscular dystrophy is a good first step. Here you’ll find general information about the disease, including diagnosis, symptoms, and causes.
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There is no cure for muscular dystrophy yet, but here you can find more information about current therapeutic approaches, as well as experimental treatments that are in the pipeline.
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