Muscular dystrophy is a group of disorders that involve a progressive loss of muscle mass and consequent loss of strength. In general, the condition is caused by genetic variations that interfere with ...

This quick alphabetical guide will help you feel more confident when talking about muscular dystrophy with your doctor and loved ones. Muscular dystrophy is the name for a group of genetic diseases ...

A person may inherit the genetic changes responsible for muscular dystrophy. These genetic changes can also occur due to spontaneous genetic mutations. In either case, the disease is not preventable.

Muscular dystrophies are a group of inherited disorders that cause progressive breakdown of muscle tissue. Two of the most common types are Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and Becker muscular ...

Recent studies have defined a group of muscular dystrophies, now termed the dystroglycanopathies, as novel disorders of glycosylation. These conditions include Walker–Warburg syndrome, ...

DR. JULIA BELL has contributed a useful monograph on muscular dystrophy in man to “The Treasury of Human Inheritance” series. Clinical and genetical data from more than 1,300 individuals exhibiting ...

Stanford Medicine researchers found that a smartphone could monitor patients with two types of muscular dystrophy as well as traditional methods and diagnose conditions more accurately - at no cost.

Using brain organoids, researchers discover mutational commonalities between muscular dystrophy type 1 and Rett syndrome, suggesting the potential of a similar treatment for both. Myotonic dystrophy ...

There are numerous forms of Muscular Dystrophy. For those of us who are affected by it (and for people who don’t know much about the disease) this can be very confusing! I suffer from a particular ...

"High clinical suspicion is important for this population of patients. Since muscular dystrophy is progressive in nature, monitoring disease progression in these patients is critical for timing ...

Early screening for Duchenne muscular dystrophy can help you get early treatments and referrals for your child to help prevent further loss of muscle tissue. Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a ...

PepGen has filed to raise funding via a U.S. IPO. The firm is developing treatment candidates for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and related variants. PEPG is in Phase 1 safety trials for its lead ...