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…
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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. 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…
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. Treatment with Amondys 45 was safe and well-tolerated, showing little to no evidence of accumulation in the blood…
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. Switching from prednisone to Emflaza (deflazacort) successfully met efficacy and tolerability goals in most patients with Duchenne…
Through a program called MDA Engage, the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) is offering virtual educational events for people affected by muscular dystrophy and other neuromuscular diseases. The events are aimed at people living with these conditions, as well as their loved ones. MDA Engage offers three types…
Next week’s 2021 MDA Virtual Clinical and Scientific Conference is expected to attract more than 1,200 clinicians and researchers from across the U.S. with expertise in neuromuscular conditions. Hosted by the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA), the conference runs March 15 to…
Many diseases have their own awareness color — breast cancer is pink, muscular dystrophy is green, and AIDS is red, for example — but what’s the significance of pink, green, blue, and purple lights? These are the colors most often used to represent Rare Disease Day. This year,…
The final patient has finished the first, six-month portion of the pivotal VISION-DMD Phase 2b clinical trial, assessing the anti-inflammatory steroid therapy vamorolone in boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Top-line data from this part of…
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