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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…
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)…
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
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
Researchers Want to Know More About Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy
A Q&A with Anita Corbett, PhD
Tags: Research, Research Advances, Spotlight
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
One Bike Four Stories
Chris Benyo With the help of Team Momentum, a racing wheelchair connected and impacted multiple MDA families
Living Creatively
Releasing my first album took a lifetime of imagination and determination
Help Wanted
Finding accessible employment in the work-from-home era
Education Within Reach
Access Workshop helps families overcome barriers to school
Tags: Access MDA, Education, Parenting