Editor’s note: The Muscular Dystrophy News Today team is providing in-depth coverage of the 2021 MDA Virtual Clinical and Scientific Conference, March 15–18. Go here to read the latest stories from the conference. Long-term treatment with the experimental steroid therapy vamorolone safely and effectively delays motor function decline in boys with…
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Editor’s note: The Muscular Dystrophy News Today team is providing in-depth coverage of the 2021 MDA Virtual Clinical and Scientific Conference, March 15–18. Go here to read the latest stories from the conference. The investigational gene therapy PF-06939926 continues to demonstrate an acceptable safety profile and the potential for…
Editor’s note: The Muscular Dystrophy News Today team is providing in-depth coverage of the 2021 MDA Virtual Clinical and Scientific Conference, March 15–18. Go here to read the latest stories from the conference. The investigational gene therapy SGT-001 continues to lead to improvements in physical functioning, disease-related biomarkers, and patient-reported outcomes…
Editor’s note: The Muscular Dystrophy News Today team is providing in-depth coverage of the 2021 MDA Virtual Clinical and Scientific Conference, March 15–18. Go here to read the latest stories from the conference. Factors related to age, medication use, and co-existing conditions predict the likelihood of a person with…
Editor’s note: The Muscular Dystrophy News Today team is providing in-depth coverage of the 2021 MDA Virtual Clinical and Scientific Conference, March 15–18. Go here to read the latest stories from the conference. A potential gene therapy known as SRP-9003 led to sustained production of beta-sarcoglycan in muscle…
Editor’s note: The Muscular Dystrophy News Today team is providing in-depth coverage of the 2021 MDA Virtual Clinical and Scientific Conference, March 15–18. Go here to read the latest stories from the conference. Gene therapy redosing after therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) — done to lower antibodies against…
Editor’s note: The Muscular Dystrophy News Today team is providing in-depth coverage of the 2021 MDA Virtual Clinical and Scientific Conference, March 15–18. Go here to read the latest stories from the conference. Audentes Therapeutics’ experimental exon skipping gene therapy may safely and effectively increase dystrophin levels and stabilize muscle function…
Editor’s note: The Muscular Dystrophy News Today team is providing in-depth coverage of the 2021 MDA Virtual Clinical and Scientific Conference, March 15–18. Go here to read the latest stories from the conference. A long diagnostic process and a wide range of symptoms and functional problems affecting quality of life…
Editor’s note: The Muscular Dystrophy News Today team is providing in-depth coverage of the 2021 MDA Virtual Clinical and Scientific Conference, March 15–18. Go here to read the latest stories from the conference. Monthly administration of SRP-5051 — Sarepta Therapeutics’ investigational, potentially improved version of its Exondys 51 (eteplirsen) therapy…
Editor’s note: The Muscular Dystrophy News Today team is providing in-depth coverage of the 2021 MDA Virtual Clinical and Scientific Conference, March 15–18. Go here to read the latest stories from the conference. During the COVID-19 pandemic, people with certain muscular dystrophies reported moderate stress and challenges in…
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