Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a genetic condition that causes progressive muscle weakness and wasting. It is an X-linked recessive disorder that occurs due to changes in the DMD gene, which ...

Genetic testing can confirm a muscular dystrophy (MD) diagnosis when symptoms and other tests already suggest MD. It also identifies specific gene mutations that can guide targeted treatment. Genetic ...

A new gene therapy treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) shows promise of not only arresting the decline of the muscles of those affected by this inherited genetic disease, but perhaps, in ...

Gene therapy may have the potential to cure Duchenne muscular dystrophy, but early results from clinical trials have not been as promising as researchers hoped. Research is ongoing. Duchenne muscular ...

When you're diagnosing a child with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, says Alexandra Bonner, MD, of Cleveland Clinic, it's important to not only determine if she's a carrier of the gene mutation that ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has given the green light for the first gene therapy that treats a rare form of muscular dystrophy to be used in most people who have the disease and a certain ...

A new gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) has shown promise in not only slowing the progression of the disease but potentially even reversing the muscle damage, with human trials set to ...

Scientists have created a new gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) that may not only help stop the disease in DMD patients, but might also help restore their damaged muscles in the ...

Muscular dystrophy is a disease caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene. The muscles of muscular dystrophy patients weaken and atrophy over time. Heart and breathing muscles may also eventually be ...

Congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD) is a disease that affects certain muscles. Individuals with CMD may experience symptoms such as muscle weakness and joint problems. “Congenital” means present since ...