A Phase 2 clinical trial testing the investigational oral medication EDG-5506 in people with Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) is…
Marisa Wexler, 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 Wexler, MS
The conditional approval of Translarna (ataluren) in Europe as a treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) — in…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation to AOC 1044, an experimental exon 44-skipping therapy…
A new project hopes to improve data collection related to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and Becker muscular dystrophy…
The first person with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2I/R9 (LGMD 2I/R9) has been dosed with the gene therapy AB-1003…
Synthetic biology company bit.bio has launched two new human muscle cell models to advance research into new treatment strategies…
After a year of treatment with the experimental oral therapy EDG-5506 in a Phase 1 study, most men with…
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals has entered a licensing agreement for the North American rights to vamorolone, a dissociative corticosteroid under review…
Three advocacy organizations are teaming up to run a clinical trial to test if efgartigimod, an approved treatment for certain…
Avidity Biosciences is planning to double the dosage of AOC 1001 being given to a dozen people with…