Jalee Pelissier lives with muscular dystrophy. When she was just 13 she became an advocate for others with disorders or disabilities like her own. Now 20, her advocacy has only…
As reported in Biospace, Fulcrum Therapeutics has announced it will be submitting an application to the FDA for FTX-6058 as an Investigational New Drug (IND) by the end of 2020…
According to a study published in the journal Neurology, a measure called the vastus lateralis fat fraction was found to be useful in predicting the age at which a patient living…
According to a story from gurufocus.com, the biotechnology company Capricor Therapeutics has recently announced the initiation of a compassionate use program for its experimental drug CAP-1002. This drug will be…
According to a press release from the Boston Children's Hospital, a study has discovered the efficacy of CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology in the treatment of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). As…
In a Special Issue of the journal Disease Models and Mechanisms Highlights, James J. Dowling et al describes pediatric neuromuscular diseases as mostly genetic and affecting areas of the peripheral…
As previously published in Scientific American, slightly after her first birthday, Emma Larson lost the use of her legs and started experiencing difficulty crawling. She was diagnosed with spinal muscular…
Shelley Simmonds recently attended the Festival of Genomics, the largest genomics event in the United Kingdom that is quickly growing into the biggest event in the world. It involves…
Alyla Annac When Alyla Annac was just 19 years old her father passed away from heart failure. He had suffered 3 heart attacks and doctors said there was nothing else…
AskBio Asklepios BioPharmaceuticals (AskBio) was first founded in 2001. It is based out of North Carolina. This company is dedicated to the research of gene therapies as potential therapeutic options…
According to a story from Charcot-Marie-Tooth News, the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) may at first seem like a group that is solely focused on helping muscular dystrophy patients, but its…
Losmapimod is an experimental treatment for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), and it recently received the Orphan Drug designation from the FDA. Not only did it receive this designation, but its…
The gleaming new Dutch headquarters of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), fronting Domenico Scarlattilaan in Amsterdam’s suburban Zuidas business district, finally opened for business last month — just over two…
PTC Therapeutics is a pharmaceutical company that has been working with Translarna, a medication intended for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). They analyzed this treatment and presented the…
According to a story from newsroom.heart.org, one of the most substantial domestic policy achievements of the Obama administration was the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Since its passage,…
More than 20 years ago researchers at Harvard University, led by professor Oliver Pourquié, discovered how the vertebra in chickens first form. Essentially, a 'tick' initiates the formation of a…
According to an announcement from the Muscular Dystrophy Association, the organization has recently awarded a total of $1,076,232 in MDA Venture Philanthropy (MVP) funding towards the drug company AavantiBio, which…
According to a story from BioSpace, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently approved the drug golodirsen (marketed as Vyondys 53) as a treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy…
A new precision medicine center, specifically for pediatrics, has launched in Utah. This new center is the result of collaborative efforts from the Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital, Intermountain Precision Genomics,…
According to a story from tradeshownews.vporoom.com, the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) has recently announced the official approval of its Patient-Focused Drug Development (PFDD) meeting by the US Food and Drug…
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania are working on a new potential gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). DMD is a rare form of muscular dystrophy that primarily affects…
According to a story from PR Newswire, the nonprofit groups Duchenne UK and Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD) have jointly awarded grant funding to the tune of $200,000 to Dr.…
A recent press release from Fulcrum Therapeutics, a Massachusetts-based biotechnology company, announced preliminary findings of the company's phase 1 clinical study of losmapimod in the treatment of facioscapulohumeral dystrophy. Losmapimod is…
According to a story from BioSpace, a global collaborative called the Trajectory Analysis Project recently released a study that utilized the North Star Ambulatory Assessment (NSAA), a recently developed measurement…
According to a story from 10tv.com, Kelly Maynard could be hear cheering loudly from the sidelines as her son Jackson, aged 12, scored a touchdown in one of his middle…
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