CureDuchenne Announces Partnership with Myosana Therapeutics for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Treatment
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CureDuchenne Announces Partnership with Myosana Therapeutics for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Treatment

According to a story from the CureDuchenne Blog, CureDuchenne founder and CEO Debra Miller announced that the organization has recently entered into a new partnership with the biotechnology company Myosana…

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Boston Man Tackling Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Cure After Sibling’s Diagnosis
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Boston Man Tackling Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Cure After Sibling’s Diagnosis

by Jodee Redmond from In The Cloud Copy Rich Horgan is the founder of the Boston-based biotech non-profit, Cure Rare Diseases. The 28-year-old decided to take action over concerns about…

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CureDuchenne Cares Session: Baltimore, MD

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CureDuchenne's Cares Sessions: Helping Connect and Inform Patient Families April 25th, 2020, 6:30 pm The Sessions program from CureDuchenne is geared specifically towards patients and their families as well as…

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Patient Involvement in Genomic Research: Unpacking the “Genetics Unzipped” Podcast Episode S3.08

  While genomic research presents the unique opportunity of combating diseases and gene malfunctions at the source, the practice has been incredibly controversial. Some people worry about the ethics of…

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CureDuchenne Cares Workshop: San Diego, CA

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CureDuchenne Cares Workshops: Hear The Latest From Experts April 18th, 2020, 8:00 am The Workshops program from CureDuchenne are day-long educational events that are oriented towards caregivers and Duchenne muscular…

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CureDuchenne Cares Workshop: Sacramento, CA

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CureDuchenne Cares Workshops: Hear The Latest From Experts April 4th, 2020, 8:00 am The Workshops program from CureDuchenne are day-long educational events that are oriented towards caregivers and Duchenne muscular…

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New Equity Investment Aims to Develop New Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Drug
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New Equity Investment Aims to Develop New Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Drug

According to a story from CureDuchenne, the biotechnology company Dyne Therapeutics recently announced that CureDuchenne Ventures has made an equity investment that will support the development of all new precision…

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CureDuchenne Cares Sessions: Boston, MA

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CureDuchenne's Cares Sessions: Helping Connect and Inform Patient Families March 28th, 2020, 6:30 pm The Sessions program from CureDuchenne is geared specifically towards patients and their families as well as…

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CureDuchenne Cares Session: Billings, MT

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CureDuchenne's Cares Sessions: Helping Connect and Inform Patient Families March 21st, 2020, 6:30 pm The Sessions program from CureDuchenne is geared specifically towards patients and their families as well as…

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CureDuchenne Cares Workshop: Phoenix, AZ

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CureDuchenne Cares Workshops: Hear The Latest From Experts March 14th, 2020, 8:00 am The Workshops program from CureDuchenne are day-long educational events that are oriented towards caregivers and Duchenne muscular…

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Mom of Seven Year Old with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Speaks at Recent Festival of Genomics
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Mom of Seven Year Old with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Speaks at Recent Festival of Genomics

  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…

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CureDuchenne Cares Session: Knoxville, TN

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CureDuchenne's Cares Sessions: Helping Connect and Inform Patient Families March 7th, 2020, 6:30 pm The Sessions program from CureDuchenne is geared specifically towards patients and their families as well as…

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Neurodegenerative-Neuromuscular Diseases and Airway Clearance Therapy
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Neurodegenerative-Neuromuscular Diseases and Airway Clearance Therapy

  Advances in medicine have been responsible for longer overall survival in patients with neurodegenerative-neuromuscular diseases. According to a recent report in RTMagazine, an increase in the number of patients…

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CureDuchenne Cares Session: Charleston, SC

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CureDuchenne's Cares Sessions: Helping Connect and Inform Patient Families February 22nd, 2020, 6:30 pm The Sessions program from CureDuchenne is geared specifically towards patients and their families as well as…

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The FDA is Developing, Approving, and Expediting Exciting New Therapies
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The FDA is Developing, Approving, and Expediting Exciting New Therapies

  Janet Woodcock, Director of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) recently gave an interview to the publication FDA Voices about the agency’s approval in 2019 of a…

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AskFirst: A New Collaborative Program to Support Rare Disease Patients in Gene Therapy Clinical Trials
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AskFirst: A New Collaborative Program to Support Rare Disease Patients in Gene Therapy Clinical Trials

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…

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CureDuchenne Professional Course: Houston, TX

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A Professional Course for Healthcare Providers This course has been verified by the Texas PT for 6.5 CCUs. The professional course is a valuable opportunity for caregivers and healthcare providers…

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CureDuchenne Cares Workshop: Houston, TX

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CureDuchenne Cares Workshops: Hear The Latest From Experts February 8th, 2020, 8:00 am The Workshops program from CureDuchenne are day-long educational events that are oriented towards caregivers and Duchenne muscular…

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Translarna Results in a Preserved Ability to Walk in Those with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
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Translarna Results in a Preserved Ability to Walk in Those with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

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…

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CureDuchenne Cares Session: Salt Lake City, UT

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CureDuchenne's Cares Sessions: Helping Connect and Inform Patient Families February 1st, 2020, 6:30 pm The Sessions program from CureDuchenne is geared specifically towards patients and their families as well as…

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CureDuchenne Cares Session: Riverside, CA

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CureDuchenne's Cares Sessions: Helping Connect and Inform Patient Families January 11th, 2020, 6:30 pm The Sessions program from CureDuchenne is geared specifically towards patients and their families as well as…

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Treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy with Rare Mutations Accepted Under Accelerated Approval
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Treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy with Rare Mutations Accepted Under Accelerated Approval

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…

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