Jason Mast is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the science behind new medicines and the systems and people that decide whether that science ever reaches patients. You can reach Jason ...

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a rare neurological condition that causes severe muscle weakness and intellectual disability. DMD is an inherited (passed down) disorder. The condition is linked ...

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a genetic disease in which muscle cells fail to produce a protein called dystrophin. Unlike some other forms of muscular dystrophy, in Duchenne there is a complete ...

Werner is CEO of Alltrna and CEO-partner at Flagship Pioneering. Duchenne muscular dystrophy has seen more progress in the past 15 months (give or take) than in the last couple of decades combined. In ...

"My medicine is making me stronger," 7-year-old Hudson Sanford says after receiving a breakthrough gene therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her ...

Today’s hottest genome-engineering method, CRISPR-Cas9, has recently been used to treat mouse models of the most common form of muscular dystrophy, Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy (DMD). Three groups of ...

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a condition that makes muscles weaker over time, specifically those you use to move, breathe, and those that help your heart function. It's caused by flaws in the ...

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a genetic condition that causes progressive muscle weakness and wasting. It is an X-linked recessive disorder that occurs due to changes in the DMD gene, which ...

A preclinical study led by the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), in collaboration with the Institut de ...

More than 30 types of muscular dystrophy have been identified. They all cause problems with movement due to muscle protein defects caused by genetic mutations. Muscular dystrophy is a group of ...

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a severe genetic condition characterized by progressive muscle weakening. People with DMD typically only live into their 20s, but life expectancy has been ...