In 1910, Professor Ernst Fuchs, an Austrian ophthalmologist, published an article describing 13 patients with Fuchs’ dystrophy, a condition in the cornea that subsequently bears his name.

The investor reaction makes sense through the lens of an FDA that has loosened regulatory standards for the approval of Duchenne treatments.

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) When Kate Miner Moebel’s grandson, Shepherd, was ...

Progressive muscular atrophy (PMA) is a rare disease that affects lower motor neurons, brain cells that provide muscles and glands with the nerves needed to function correctly. People with this ...

The U.S. Department of Defense awarded just under $514,000 to an interdisciplinary team of researchers at the U of A to study the efficacy of “self-delivering” gene editors in the treatment of ...

People with myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), the most common adult-onset form of muscular dystrophy, progressively lose muscle mass and strength in their lower legs, hands, neck and face.

At the request of the Israel Police, the Israel Dog Unit, a nonprofit specializing in working dogs, fulfilled a dream for a special child afflicted with muscular dystrophy in Samaria. The unit's ...

With Sarepta’s gene therapy Elevidys now available to a majority of Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients, experts express cautious optimism while emphasizing the need for further data. Since the June ...

An associate professor at a prestigious university in China has posted videos of her working out in the gym to recruit chemistry PhD candidates and postdoctoral fellows. Yang Xuemei, 31, from ...

The charity has a special connection to WoW, honoring the memory of a player who passed away from Duchenne muscular dystrophy. World of Warcraft just revealed the Reven Pack, a new charity bundle ...

Epithelial basement membrane dystrophy (EBMD), also known as anterior basement membrane disease or map-dot-fingerprint dystrophy, is a common condition that affects the cornea of the eye (the clear, ...

The Supreme Court on Friday (October 25) permitted a candidate suffering from muscular dystrophy to participate in the ongoing counselling for NEET-UG 2024, considering that the expert report ...