Gene therapy could be the newest breakthrough for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. While it may not be a cure, it can give independence to boys diagnosed with DMD.

Background Impaired cough results in airway secretion retention, atelectasis and pneumonia in individuals with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Lung volume recruitment (LVR) stacks breaths to ...

Parents of a boy with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy are toasting another boost to their campaign to find a cure, with a new beer named after him. The Tonbridge Brewery has created Connor’s Ruby ...

Over the last two decades, the 41-year-old Chilean has spent her days bedridden, suffering from degenerative muscular dystrophy. When she finally loses her ability to speak or her lungs fail ...

Over the last two decades, the 41-year-old Chilean has spent her days bedridden, suffering from degenerative muscular dystrophy. When she finally loses her ability to speak or her lungs fail, she ...

The committee was also scheduled to vote on including Duchenne muscular dystrophy. On April 17 ... a professor for genetics and metabolism in the pediatrics department at the University of ...