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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. The effects ...

Researchers created a mouse model to study liver symptoms of myotonic dystrophy type 1, revealing how toxic RNA in the liver ...

Kuntz, MD, was a fellow about 45 years ago, there were few more devastating diagnoses than Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).

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Although often considered to be diseases of childhood, adult forms of muscular dystrophy occur and represent a spectrum of disease. Muscular dystrophies are a genetically heterogeneous group of ...

A new mouse model mimicking the liver symptoms of myotonic dystrophy type 1—the most prevalent form of adult-onset muscular dystrophy—provides insight into why patients develop fatty liver ...

New Gene Therapy for Muscular Dystrophy Offers Hope July 17 ... 2024 — Researchers have used gene editing to restore hearing in adult mice with a type of inherited hearing loss.

Brooke has been unstoppable raising awareness and funds for ALS research while introducing our entire family to a community of support with the Muscular Dystrophy Association.” Challenges Rare Disease ...