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It can be overwhelming for educators to learn the various challenges associated with neuromuscular diseases and to take those considerations into the classroom. The good news is that these students…

Vaccines have been protecting Americans from dangerous contagious diseases for decades and people who live with neuromuscular disease are more likely to develop severe illness from a COVID-19 exposure. Learn…

Researchers at Ohio State University are seeking adults living with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1 (CMT-1) and type 2 (CMT-2) to participate in a one-month observational study (CMT Establish). This study is…

Researchers at Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Development America, Inc. (MTPA) are seeking adults living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) to participate in a phase 3b clinical trial to evaluate the safety and…

On September 24, Capricor Therapeutics announced positive results at the World Muscle Society Virtual Congress from its phase 2 HOPE-2 trial of the investigational therapy CAP-1002 for treatment of people…

Broken wheelchairs. Inaccessible seating. Hard to navigate aircraft. For too many in the neuromuscular community, traveling by air is not accessible. We sat down with Paul Melmeyer, MDA’s VP of…

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…

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)…

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…

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…