Throughout my life, I have been asked the following question numerous times: What motivates you to get up and do what you do every single day? For me, the answer to that question came from what some might call an unexpected place: A quote from the movie “Robots”:…
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Thanksgiving makes November a special time of year, as we take a day to be with family and count our blessings. It’s doubly special for those of us in the rare disease community, because it’s also National Family Caregivers Month. Caregivers come into our lives in many different ways. From…
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A large clinical trial evaluating the treatment candidate sevasemten for people with Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) has failed to meet its main goal, with “no statistically significant benefit” seen on a measure of physical function. That’s according to top-line data, or the first study results, from GRAND…
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My first caregivers were my parents. This is true for the vast majority of us. If everyone is fortunate to live long enough, the roles often flip, with grown children caring for their aging parents. But when you factor in muscular dystrophy, this model no longer holds. Growing up,…
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“Take care of yourself.” I hear these four little words so often, yet they can be hard to follow. I have seven children with my husband, Jason: Lexi, 25; Max, 20; Chance, 19; Rowen, 17; Charlie, 15; Mary, 12; and Callie, 4. Max, Rowen, and Charlie have Duchenne muscular…
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Treatment with the experimental gene therapy BB-301 was found to improve swallowing ability for every person with a rare type of muscular dystrophy (MD) that mainly affects the throat and eyes who are taking part in a first-in-human clinical trial. That’s according to new interim data announced by Benitec…
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