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 ...

There are more than 30 different kinds of muscular dystrophy (MD), which are muscle diseases that are caused by mutations (or variations) in a person’s genes. The abnormal genes disrupt the production ...

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 ...

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) ...

William is a seven-year-old boy from Southern Oregon living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Now, he is preparing to undergo a surgery that has never been tried before, a procedure designed ...

The muscular dystrophies are commonly associated with cardiovascular complications, including cardiomyopathy and cardiac arrhythmias. These complications are caused by intrinsic defects in ...

A specific gene may play a key role in new treatments that prevent muscle in the body from breaking down in serious muscle diseases, muscular dystrophies. A specific gene may play a key role in new ...

Muscular dystrophy affects approximately 1 in 3,500 male births. Though rare in females, there are documented cases. It is usually diagnosed between 3 and 6 years of age and is degenerative, causing ...

Expert diagnostic services and treatment are provided for patients with common and rare disorders of the muscular system, including muscular dystrophies. Myopathic (myo = muscle, pathy = disease) ...

Data are scarce regarding the benefits of strength training for muscular dystrophies, for which there are no cures. Strength training to ameliorate the effects of muscular dystrophies (MDs) was found ...

On Midday Minute for Wednesday, February 25, Sen. John Carley has been found, a South Dakotan received the Medal of Honor and a local family is looking to find a ...