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Blog Post | Science + Research

Clinical Trial Alert: Phase 3 Study of High Dose Eteplirsen in Boys with DMD

Researchers at Rare Disease Research, LLC are seeking boys between the ages of 7-years-old and 13-years-old who are living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) to participate in the phase 3 MIS51ON…

Tags: Clinical Trial Alert, Clinical Trials, Drug Development


Blog Post | Science + Research

Clinical Trial Alert: Phase 2 Study of Ataluren in Children with Nonsense Mutation DMD

Researchers at Rare Disease Research, LLC are seeking boys between the ages of 6 months and 2 years who are living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy caused by a nonsense mutation (nmDMD)…

Tags: Clinical Trial Alert, Clinical Trials, Drug Development


Blog Post | Health, Science + Research

Recognizing and Treating CMT in Kids

Like many middle-school kids, 11-year-old Callen, of Emmaus, Pennsylvania, has turned his mom, Jamie Moulthrop, into a chauffeur, she jokes. He participates in karate, baseball, hockey, and surfing, and he…

Tags: Healthcare, Parenting, Resources


Blog Post | Health

Aging and Neuromuscular Disease Share Symptoms – and Solutions

With age often comes the maturity and grace to accept the world and oneself. That’s a good thing, because it takes every bit of that maturity to differentiate the aging…

Tags: Caregiving, Healthcare, Staying Active


Featured Article | Science + Research

Researchers Want to Know More About Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy

A Q&A with Anita Corbett, PhD

Tags: Research, Research Advances, Spotlight


Featured Article | Health, Science + Research

One in a Million

While there are still challenges to researching therapies for ultra-rare neuromuscular diseases, many in the field see reasons for hope

Tags: Drug Development, Featured Content, Fundraising, Gene Therapy, Grants, Research, Research Advances


Featured Article | Personal Stories

One Bike Four Stories

Chris Benyo With the help of Team Momentum, a racing wheelchair connected and impacted multiple MDA families

Tags: Fundraising, Lasting Impression, Staying Active, Team Momentum


Featured Article | Independence, Personal Stories

Living Creatively

Releasing my first album took a lifetime of imagination and determination

Tags: Education, Employment, From Where I Sit, Year of Independence


Featured Article | Advocacy, Independence, Lifestyle

Help Wanted

Finding accessible employment in the work-from-home era

Tags: Employment, Featured Content, Resources, Technology, Year of Independence


Featured Article | Independence

Education Within Reach

Access Workshop helps families overcome barriers to school

Tags: Access MDA, Education, Parenting