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More than $900,000 will go to support CureDuchenne’s mission to find a cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy and support patients and families affected by this rare genetic disease, all thanks to […]

Scientists are testing nearly two dozen treatments that might stop the disease. But enrollment in the trials is very restricted, and few children qualify. Lucas was 5 before his parents, […]

When their only son, Hawken, who is now 22, was diagnosed in 2002 with the progressive, muscle-wasting disease Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Paul and Debra Miller took swift action. Read the […]

CureDuchenne, one of the nation’s leading Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) charities, is sponsoring 30 events across the U.S. this year to educate patients and their families about all aspects of […]

In last year’s action film “Rampage,” which featured Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, CRISPR gene-editing technology turns a gorilla, a wolf, and a crocodile into monsters the size of skyscrapers that destroy Chicago. […]

When it comes to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), Leonardo Feder knows he’s among the lucky ones. A resident of São Paulo, Brazil’s largest city, Feder was diagnosed with Duchenne at […]

In November 2016, two San Diego families received the same devastating news about their little boys. Four-year-old Yannick Etienne and 5-year-old Marko Filenko were each diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, […]

Like many mothers of boys with muscular dystrophy, Deborah Hall hasn’t had an easy life. Hall, the daughter of a chemical engineer and a stay-at-home mom, was one of six […]

CRISPR-Cas9 has the ability to change everything about our world. Here’s why it’s awesome and why it’s scary. Outrage continues to grow over the news that Chinese scientist He Jiankui […]