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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy affects 12,000 to 15,000 children and young adults in the United States and about 300,000 worldwide. It's caused by a mutation in the dystrophin gene, which makes a ...
The first gene therapy that can treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; it will be marketed as Elevidys (delandistrogene moxeparvovec-rokl) by Sarepta Therapeutics Inc. Children aged four to five with the disorder and confirmed gene ...
The Duchenne muscular dystrophy drugs now available only treat the symptoms of the rare muscle-wasting disorder. On Thursday, the FDA approved a Sarepta Therapeutics gene therapy, making it the ...
Melanie Sanford fought to get her son Hudson a breakthrough gene therapy to stop the progression of the fatal disease Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. She rushed to get him access just days before he ...
New gene correction therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2020 / 01 / 200127134851.htm
The first patient has been dosed in a clinical trial testing Sardocor's one-time gene therapy for cardiomyopathy associated with Duchenne MD.