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Blog Post | Lifestyle, Personal Stories

Hacking COVID: MDA Ambassador Edition, Part 2

In April, MDA fielded a survey to ask its community how COVID-19 was impacting their lives. We heard your responses — anxiety, questions, hope — and wanted to know more.…

Tags: Ambassadors, COVID-19, Mental Health


Blog Post | News, Research

Five Questions With CMT Researcher Stephan Züchner

Stephan Züchner, MD, PhD, professor for Human Genetics and Neurology, Chair of the Human Genetics Department, and codirector of the John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics at the University…

Tags: Research, Research Advances


Blog Post | News, Research

Sarepta Therapeutics Announces Positive Results from the SRP-9003 Gene Therapy Trial to Treat LGMD2E

On June 8, Sarepta Therapeutics announced positive results from its first study in human patients of SRP-9003, a gene therapy designed to treat limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) type 2E. Data…

Tags: Clinical Trials, Research, Research Advances


Blog Post | Independence, Lifestyle

Hacking COVID: MDA Ambassador Edition, Part 1

In April, MDA fielded a survey to ask its community how COVID-19 was impacting their lives. We heard your responses — anxiety, questions, hope — and wanted to know more.…

Tags: Ambassadors, COVID-19, Mental Health


Blog Post | Independence, Lifestyle

Hacking COVID: Voices from the Community, Part 3

In April, MDA fielded a survey to ask its community how COVID-19 was impacting their lives. We heard your responses — anxiety, questions, hope — and wanted to know more.…

Tags: COVID-19, Mental Health


Blog Post | News, Research

ReveraGen BioPharma Announces Completion of Vamorolone Study in 41 DMD Patients

On June 2, ReveraGen BioPharma announced the completion of two-and-a-half years of vamorolone treatment in 41 boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). The long-term data from this study indicated that…

Tags: Clinical Trials, Research, Research Advances


Blog Post | Get Involved

MDA Summer Camp’s New Adventure: Going Virtual

In March, as the novel coronavirus spread across the US, we at MDA realized it would be impossible to safely gather our community’s children and teens at MDA Summer Camps…

Tags: COVID-19, Summer Camp


Blog Post | Independence, Lifestyle

A Letter from Case Worker Jana Unislawski to the MDA Community: How to Create an Emergency Care Plan for the COVID-19 Era

MDA Care Center providers across the country are working on the frontlines of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Every day, they’re fielding patient questions and finding new ways to practice medicine…

Tags: COVID-19, Caregiving, MDA Care Centers


Blog Post | Lifestyle, Personal Stories

Hacking COVID: Voices from the Community, Part 2

In April, MDA fielded a survey to ask its community how COVID-19 was impacting their lives. We heard your responses — anxiety, questions, hope — and wanted to know more.…

Tags: COVID-19, Mental Health, Relationships


Blog Post | Science + Research

NS Pharma Announces Positive Results from Phase 2 Study of Viltolarsen in DMD

On May 26, NS Pharma, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Japanese company Nippon Shinyaku Co. Ltd., announced positive results from its phase 2 clinical trial of the investigational therapy…

Tags: Clinical Trials, Drug Development, Exon Skipping, Research, Research Advances