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MDA Ambassador Guest Blog: My Experience Participating in a Research Study

By Lacey Woods | March 18, 2024
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In Case You Missed It…

By MDA Staff | March 8, 2024
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Simply Stated: The Creatine Kinase Test

By Sharon Hesterlee, Ph.D. | March 7, 2024
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Heart of the Muscular Dystrophy Association Mission Was in Focus at the 2024 MDA Clinical & Scientific Conference Opening Day

By Amy Bernstein | March 5, 2024
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MDA Announces College Scholarship Program

By MDA Staff | February 27, 2024
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Inclusion Outshines Ableism on the Big Stage

By Rebecca Hume | February 26, 2024
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Simply Stated: Muscle Biopsy

By MDA Staff | February 23, 2024
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All 50 States and DC Implement Spinal Muscular Atrophy Newborn Screening

By Jori Houck | February 23, 2024
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MDA Guest Ambassador Blog: How MDA Summer Camp Shaped Me

By Juliette B. | February 21, 2024
The key pathologic change of the muscular dystrophy is the myonecrosis. At an early phase, necrotic fibers appear swollen, homogeneous and deeply eosinophilic. This disease is caused by mutations of dystrophin, the largest known human gene, located on chromosome Xq21.
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Simply Stated: Updates in LAMA2 Muscular Dystrophy

By Sujatha Gurunathan | February 20, 2024