Columnist Patrick Moeschen was given an incorrect diagnosis of Becker muscular dystrophy, years before learning he actually ...

A muscle biopsy is not diagnostic of myotonic muscular dystrophy because it is expected to show muscle fiber degeneration, which is common with many types of myopathies (muscle diseases ...

Dyne Therapeutics' DYNE-101 shows promising Phase 1/2 results for myotonic dystrophy type 1, with plans for Accelerated ...

People with certain mutations in the gene coding for dysferlin develop muscular dystrophy – a group of muscle wasting diseases that affect thousands around the world. Professor Simone Spuler and her ...

A novel drug holds promise for treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a rare genetic disorder that causes severe muscle degeneration. McGill University researchers have discovered that an ...