The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) has launched an expanded access program to make the experimental exon-skipping therapy…
Marisa Horak, MS
Marisa holds a Master of Science in cellular and molecular pathology from the University of Pittsburgh, where she studied novel genetic drivers of ovarian cancer. Her areas of expertise include cancer biology, immunology, and genetics, and she has worked as a science writing and communications intern for the Genetics Society of America.
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Articles by Marisa Horak, MS
An advisory committee to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has voted that available evidence does not support the…
The next Clinical & Scientific Conference hosted by the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) will take place March 21-24, 2027,…
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CureDuchenne, a U.S.-based nonprofit that funds research into new treatments for Duchenne muscular dystrophy…
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to decide by Feb. 28, 2027, whether to grant traditional approval…
Among women who carry mutations that can cause Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) or…
Dyne Therapeutics expects to report top-line data in early 2027 from its Phase 1/2 ACHIEVE trial testing zeleciment basivarsen…