After two difficult years, columnist Betty's Vertin's son Max won't go back to college this fall, a decision that has her breathing easier.

Commendamide, a metabolite produced by beneficial gut bacteria that are depleted in people with DMD, protects muscle cells ...

CureDuchenne has launched a national public service announcement campaign to highlight the urgent need for new treatments for ...

There are 24 hours in a day, so there should be enough time in each one to keep from feeling caregiver burnout, says columnist.

After decades of advocacy work, columnist Patrick Moeschen is glad to see MD patients treated as experts given their lived ...

Columnist Shalom Lim is grateful that his profile on the Purple Parade website highlights the importance of his disability ...

Key milestones have been met in a clinical trial testing a one-time treatment that aims to turn off the faulty gene in FSHD, ...

This year’s Be Their Muscle campaign has raised more than $641,000 to support the MDA Summer Camp and help advance research ...

“Take him home and give him a good life.” This was the main advice given to Jessica and Chris Curran by a genetic counselor after their son, Conner, was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD ...

Histone deacetylase inhibitors are a treatment approach designed to work by blocking an enzyme that turns off gene activity. This may ultimately help by slowing muscle loss and disease progression.

Capricor Therapeutics will resubmit its application for U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its cell therapy deramiocel to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)-related heart disease ...

While Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is one of the most common types of this group of muscle-wasting disorders, affecting about 1 in 3,500 male births, each patient’s journey with this form of ...