Cardiff University scientists, partnering with the biotech company PerkinElmer, have developed a diagnostic kit to screen for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in newborns using dried blood spots, according to researchers. The study, “Characterization of a Blood Spot Creatine Kinase Skeletal Muscle Isoform Immunoassay for High-Throughput Newborn Screening of Duchenne…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administation has granted orphan designation to Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals‘ drug candidate MNK-1411 for treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). MNK-1411 is an injection composed of a formulation of tetracosactide, which is a synthetic melanocortin receptor agonist. Melanocortin receptor agonists are hormones that activate melanocortin receptors and…
The molecular process that leads to congenital myotonic dystrophy (CMD) in infants and children was identified by researchers working with tissue samples and mice. Their study, titled “Disrupted prenatal RNA processing and myogenesis in congenital myotonic dystrophy,” was published in the journal Genes and Development. Genes code for various proteins that…
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