Durham-based Precision BioSciences, a gene-editing company, has received regulatory clearance to begin a clinical study of its potential treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a rare ...
Researchers developed a gene therapy for LAMA2-related muscular dystrophy that restored muscle and nerve function in mice. One treatment stabilized disease progression and improved strength, even when ...
Seven-year-old William, a Southern Oregon boy living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, is going to get a never-before-tried surgery designed specifically for his genetic mutation. NBC5’s medical ...
The Muscular Dystrophy Association trusts the decision of the FDA, which weighs the risks and benefits of the drug The Muscular Dystrophy Association trusts the decision of the FDA, which weighs the ...
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 ...
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 ...
The U.S. 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 ...