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Non-profit organization Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD) has nominated Duke Children’s Hospital & Health Center as a Certified Duchenne Care Center, a designation that confirms the center’s quality in the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Duke Children’s is now the ninth center in the country to be…

A novel study from Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research investigators revealed a novel protein, Prmt5, as a crucial player in the regulation of muscle stem cells during muscle regeneration. The study entitled “Prmt5 is a regulator of muscle stem cell expansion in adult mice”…

This week researchers from the Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Harvard Medical School, released results from a study showing that a key protein associated with the development of Alzheimer’s disease, Amyloid precursor protein (APP), could potentially play an important role in eye and muscle health.  The study,…

Santhera Pharmaceuticals, a Swiss company focused on the treatment of mitochondrial and neuromuscular diseases, recently announced that it has discussed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) its plans of submitting a New Drug Application (NDA) for Raxone ® /Catena ® (idebenone), intended as a therapy for…

A new study recently published in the International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology characterized the immune factors involved in the pathogenesis of dysferlinopathy in patients. The study is entitled “CD4(+) cells, macrophages, MHC-I and C5b-9 involve the pathogenesis of dysferlinopathy” and was conducted by researchers…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted orphan drug status to an investigational therapy being developed by MediciNova, Inc. to treat Krabbe disease. The company expects MN-166 (ibudilast) to become a treatment option for the rare genetic degenerative condition that affects children at early age, causing the weakening of…

The Muscular Dystrophy Association is offering an exclusive opportunity to those who want to participate in the sold out 2015 Bank of America Chicago and Marine Corps Marathons. The MDA is offering a secure, guaranteed entry by signing up through MDA Team Momentum, the organization’s nationwide endurance program. Space, however,…

Merozyne Therapeutics AB recently initiated a project with the goal of developing a pharmaceutical treatment to address laminin alpha2 chain-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy (MDC1A) through supporting the research that Madeleine Durbeej-Hjalt and Virginie Carmignac conducted at Lund University. Merozyne Therapeutics AB has been established very recently by several entrepreneurial life science firms based at the Medicon…

The 5th Annual Getzlaf Golf Shootout to benefit CureDuchenne will take place on September 12th at Sutra Lounge in Costa Mesa, California and September 13th at the Monarch Beach Golf Links in Dana Point, California. The event will be hosted by the captain of the Anaheim Ducks, …

In a new study entitled “Under-recognition of Low Blood Pressure Readings in Patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy,” researchers determined for the first time how blood pressure is affected in patients with duchenne muscular dystrophy. They report a significant portion of DMD patients exhibit low blood pressure, and highlight the need for clinicians…