Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) treatment Exondys 51 (eteplirsen) may help protect the heart as well as muscles used…
Lila Levinson, PhD
Lila is a Science Writer at BioNews. She completed her PhD in neuroscience at the University of Washington, where she studied how the natural flexibility of the human brain can be used to promote recovery after injury. Previously, she has written about science for The Dallas Morning News and the University of Washington Computational Neuroscience Center. She enjoys exploring the Pacific Northwest and spending time with her cat, Fibonacci.
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Articles by Lila Levinson, PhD
Levels of certain proteins implicated in immune response and the body’s process to stop bleeding differ between Becker muscular…
An experimental gene editing therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) being developed by Precision Biosciences has received orphan…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted breakthrough therapy designation to delpacibart zotadirsen, known as del-zota, as a treatment…
Capricor Therapeutics will resubmit its application for U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its cell therapy…
The European Comission has conditionally approved Duvyzat (givinostat) to be taken alongside corticosteroids for treating people who are 6…
Satellos Bioscience’s SAT-3247 was safe, well-tolerated, and showed initial signs of increasing muscle strength in five adults with Duchenne…
The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use, an arm of the European Medicines Agency known as CHMP for short,…