Patrícia Silva, PhD, director of science content —

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. announced the presentation of data regarding disease progression in patients with Duchenne Muscular dystrophy (DMD) at the 67th American Academy of Neurology (AAN) 2015 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., April 18-25. The presentation was entitled “Evaluating the Progression of Physical Impairment, Activity Limitation, and Quality…

Researchers at the University of California San Diego recently published in the journal BMC Research Notes an approach to assess possible dysregulated mechanisms linked to Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The study is entitled “Dysregulated mechanisms underlying Duchenne muscular dystrophy from co-expression network preservation analysis.”…

Santhera Pharmaceuticals announced in a press release that an international team of researchers recently published in the journal The Lancet the results of the DELOS Phase 3 trial validating the efficacy and safety of Santhera’s Raxone/Catena (idebenone) in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). The study…

Researchers at Sun Yat-sen University, China recently published in the journal Disease Markers a new method to help assess muscular dystrophy disease severity and progression. The study is entitled “Serum Creatinine Level: A Supplemental Index to Distinguish Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy from Becker Muscular…

Researchers at The University of Chicago recently revealed that the abdominal muscles can reflect the cardiopulmonary pathology status in muscular dystrophy mouse models. The study was published in the Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases and is entitled “Cardiac function in muscular dystrophy associates…

Researchers at Duke University recently revealed an approach to gene therapy that has the potential to treat more than half of the patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). The study was published in the journal Nature Communications and is entitled “…

A recent study was published in The Lancet Neurology journal showing that a specific cardiac drug is able to induce cardiac function improvement in boys with muscular dystrophy and cardiomyopathy. The study is entitled “Eplerenone for early cardiomyopathy in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a…