Highlights from the 2025 Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) Conference include clinical updates, expert insights, and ...

Muscular dystrophy is a group of disorders that involve a progressive loss of muscle mass and consequent loss of strength. In general, the condition is caused by genetic variations that interfere with ...

Muscular dystrophy is a type of disease that causes the muscles in your body to lose strength and mass. As your muscles become weaker over time, it may be hard for you to do normal activities.

Bone Health Specialist “Bone health is very important, because many people with muscular dystrophies are at risk of falling,” says Lauren Elman, MD, director of the Muscular Dystrophy Association ...

A Community Event for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Brick, United States – January 1, 2026 / Steps for Hope 5K / The ...

HHS has announced the addition of Duchenne muscular dystrophy and metachromatic leukodystrophy to the Recommended Uniform ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first gene therapy for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in children from age 4 through 5 years of age. Pediatric patients who ...

Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy are similar conditions caused by mutations in the same gene. However, Duchenne muscular dystrophy begins to cause symptoms at an earlier age, is more severe, and ...

Muscular dystrophies represent a group of inherited primary diseases of muscle, characterized by muscle fiber degeneration and muscle weakness. Classification of these conditions has traditionally ...

Scientists have developed a novel approach of genome editing to repair muscle stem (satellite) cells, offering new hope for ...

The muscular dystrophies represent disorders of progressive muscular degeneration and weakness. As a group, they exhibit clinical heterogeneity that reflects diverse molecular mechanisms responsible ...