For decades, there has been no cure and few treatment options.

I've been blogging for a few years about misophonia, an auditory/neurological disorder that I have advocated for because I and (more importantly) one of my adult children are affected. Recently, at ...

Muscular dystrophy (MD) is a group of genetic diseases that cause your muscles to progressively weaken and degenerate. There are several types of MD, each with its own symptoms, but they all involve ...

When Dean Burkin, Ph.D., first began studying Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), the goal was straightforward and urgent: ...

Your muscles need continuous maintenance to stay strong and healthy. Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) happens when there is a change in a person's genetic instructions that affects the production of ...

Learn how to exercise safely with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, for your flexibility, mobility, and overall health, without damaging your muscles.

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a genetic condition caused by a change, or mutation, in the DMD gene. This gene normally tells the body how to make dystrophin, a protein that helps protect ...

Myotonic muscular dystrophy, which is sometimes called myotonic dystrophy, is a type of muscular dystrophy. There are two types of myotonic muscular dystrophy, described as type 1 (DM 1) and type 2 ...

The Duchenne muscular dystrophy clinical trial analysis report delivers important insights into ongoing research of 75+ ...

Investigational oral substrate therapy BBP-418 demonstrated significant increases in alpha-dystroglycan glycosylation and improved ambulatory function in the phase 3 FORTIFY interim analysis.