The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first gene therapy for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in children from age 4 through 5 years of age. Pediatric patients who ...
"Early screening gives every child a fair chance at timely, effective care, and it delivers families the answers and ...
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) officially added Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Duchenne) to the Recommended Uniform Screening Panel (RUSP), the national list of conditions ...
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday added two rare genetic disorders, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and ...
The first gene therapy for a deadly form of muscular dystrophy received preliminary U.S. approval on Thursday despite concerns from some government scientists about the treatment's ability to help ...
Muscle tissue damage appears when muscular dystrophy is induced in a mouse model (middle). But when researchers block the function of two genes that drive unwanted mitochondrial pore formation (right) ...
WASHINGTON, June 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD), a nonprofit organization leading the fight to end Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Duchenne), is pleased to announce the ...
Jada Bafus told Page Six that she and the actress quickly came to realize it was a case of “two triggered mothers” having a ...