Muscular dystrophy is a group of conditions that damage and weaken your muscles over time. Symptoms, age of onset, and outlook depend on the type of muscular dystrophy you have. Muscular dystrophy ...

A compassionate-use study has generated promising results for the potential treatment of muscular dystrophies using mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) derived from Wharton’s jelly (WJ), a substance found ...

A small safety trial has suggested a new type of therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy might be able partially to replace a missing protein and, at the very least, slow progression of the disease, ...

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a genetic disorder characterized by progressive muscle degeneration and weakness due to the alterations of a protein called dystrophin that helps keep muscle cells ...

A regularly prescribed class of heart medications might be capable of treating one of the most common forms of muscular dystrophy, a new study in mice suggests. Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is ...

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common and, sadly, the most severe form of the debilitating genetic disorder. Now researchers have used a new gene therapy technique to restore muscle ...

Muscular dystrophy affects approximately 1 in 3,500 male births. Though rare in females, there are documented cases. It is usually diagnosed between 3 and 6 years of age and is degenerative, causing ...

Modified stem cells from muscular dystrophy patients eased symptoms of the disease in mice, says a small study that raises hopes for treating patients with tissue from their own bodies. The mice ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Scientists eased symptoms of muscular dystrophy in mice by injecting modified stem cells from human patients, a preliminary result that raises hopes for treating patients with tissue ...

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Medically reviewed by Brigid Dwyer, MDMedically reviewed by Brigid Dwyer, MD The life expectancy for a person with muscular dystrophy (MD) depends on which type of MD they have. Some people live a ...

A type of heart drug called a calcium channel blocker successfully eased myotonic dystrophy type 1 symptoms in lab mice bred to have the genetic problem that causes that form of muscular dystrophy, ...