Managing osteoporosis and bone health in Duchenne muscular dystrophy occurs in a high-risk environment for fractures due to ...

Last month Claire Ellis, aged 34, a teacher from Doncaster, set off from her home to cycle 100km in support of her son Declan ...

Sarepta Therapeutics hired a Trump-connected lobbying firm after the death of a teenage boy treated with its Duchenne ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA) has placed an immediate clinical hold on Sarepta Therapeutics' investigational ...

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy affects 12,000 to 15,000 children and young adults in the United States and about 300,000 worldwide. It's caused by a mutation in the dystrophin gene, which makes a ...

Vinay Prasad, a former critic of U.S. COVID-19 policies, returns to the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research after briefly leaving. His tenure drew criticism, notably over the handling ...

Vinay Prasad, a top vaccine regulator ousted from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) late last month, is set to return to his post, according to the Department of Health and Human Services ...

After decades of research, gene therapy has been approved for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a degenerative muscle disease diagnosed each year in about 1 in 3,500 newborns, almost all boys.

A teenager living with a severe and degenerative condition is hoping to retain his independence in the face of the cruel ...

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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy may no longer be a death sentence. Oct. 17, 2012— -- Although he made it to 29 years old with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Jason Williams was not expected to ...

The Food and Drug Administration Monday approved the first drug to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a rare and lethal muscle weakening disorder that affects about 15,000 Americans.