The first gene therapy for children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The therapy can be used in 4- and 5-year-olds with the degenerative ...
Sonothera is developing a new way to deliver genes into cells that, if borne out, could have a big impact on muscular ...
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 ...
In an eagerly anticipated decision, the Food and Drug Administration Thursday approved the first gene therapy for muscular dystrophy. "Today's approval addresses an urgent unmet medical need and is an ...
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 ...
Emma Ciafaloni, MD, FAAN, dives into the latest developments in gene therapy for muscular dystrophies, focusing on Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and discusses challenges, genetic causes, and the ...
Researchers at the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine have identified a potential pathway that could protect cardiac ...
Researchers at the Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC), a joint institution of the Max Delbrück Center and Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, have developed a promising gene-editing ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Shares of Sarepta Therapeutics plunged Monday after the biotech drugmaker reported a second death in connection with its gene therapy for muscular dystrophy. Sarepta reported the ...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday that U.S. service members will undergo testosterone deficiency screenings ...
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a neuromuscular disorder that results from mutations in the DMD gene. Gene therapies for DMD change genetic material in a person’s body to treat this condition.
Scientists present current evidence for a new gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy called delandistrogene moxeparvovec. AAN Evidence in Focus articles highlight the strength of the current ...