Mayo Clinic's Translational Neuromuscular Disease Research Lab led by Nathan P. Staff, M.D., Ph.D., studies the biological ...

Muscular dystrophies are a group of more than 30 genetic disorders characterized by progressive muscle weakness and wasting. These disorders are typically associated with defects in muscle ...

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a genetic disease that causes muscle weakness and wasting, known as atrophy. People with SMA often have difficulties moving, swallowing, sitting up, and sometimes ...

Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) is a type of muscular dystrophy, a genetic condition that weakens and damages muscles. It can worsen with age. However, its symptoms are less severe than those of ...

Gene therapy for some diseases, including Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), can be tricky because the needed gene is often too large to fit inside the viral vector used for delivery. Researchers at ...

The first gene therapy for children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The therapy can be used in 4- and 5-year-olds with the degenerative ...

This quick alphabetical guide will help you feel more confident when talking about muscular dystrophy with your doctor and loved ones. Muscular dystrophy is the name for a group of genetic diseases ...

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a genetic condition that causes progressive muscle weakness and wasting. It is an X-linked recessive disorder that occurs due to changes in the DMD gene, which ...

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) symptoms often start by age 2, with delays in developmental milestones like walking well by 18 months. Common early DMD clues include Gower’s sign, toe walking, ...

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an inherited muscle disorder that causes progressive breakdown of muscle tissue. Symptoms typically begin in early childhood, and most parents and caregivers ...