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Simply Stated: Updates in Pompe Disease and Other Glycogen Storage Diseases

By Sujatha Gurunathan | February 27, 2025
Young black woman scientist doing medical research in modern equipped lab. Multiethnic team examining virus evolution using high tech for scientific analysis of treatment development
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MDA’s Development Grants Support Promising Researchers Entering the Neuromuscular Field

By Amy Bernstein | February 26, 2025
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MDA’s Origin Story: A Grassroots Legacy

By MDA Staff | February 19, 2025
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2024 MDA Advocacy Collaboration Grantees are Working Towards Change

By Jori Houck | February 13, 2025
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Quest Podcast: Navigating Romance with MDA Ambassadors

By MDA Staff | February 13, 2025
Creatine kinase (CK), also known as creatine phosphokinase (CPK) or phosphocreatine kinase, is an enzyme expressed by various tissues and cell types. CK catalyses the conversion of creatine and uses adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to create phosphocreatine (PCr) and adenosine diphosphate (ADP). This CK enzyme reaction is reversible and thus ATP can be generated from PCr and ADP.
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Simply Stated: RNA-Based Therapies in Development for Myotonic Dystrophy

By Sujatha Gurunathan | January 30, 2025
The United States Capitol building at sunset with reflection in water.
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Championing for Change: MDA’s 2025 Advocacy Agenda

By Mark Fisher | January 28, 2025
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Breaking Barriers in Higher Education: My Journey as a Student with Muscular Dystrophy

By Serena Desiderio | January 24, 2025
Johannesburg, South Africa, 28th February - 2019: Disabled passenger being helped to board aircraft with help from ground crew
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Everything You Need to Know About the DOT Ruling on Accessible Air Travel

By Mark Fisher | January 21, 2025
Medical equipment on the background of group of health workers in the ICU.
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Managing Medical Trauma

By Barbara and Jim Twardowski, RN | December 13, 2024