Some types of muscular dystrophy typically affect only males; some people with MD enjoy a normal life span with mild symptoms that progress very slowly; others experience swift and severe muscle ...

Muscular Dystrophy (MD) is a genetic condition causing progressive muscle weakness and complications in vital organs. Early ...

There are several types of muscular dystrophy. Muscle weakness is a hallmark of each type. But the symptoms can vary and start at different ages. Some muscular dystrophies are mild. Others are ...

A pilot study in 19 LGMD patients and one with Becker MD found low-dose prednisone helped lower markers of muscle damage and ...

The dysferlin protein is primarily responsible for repairing cell membranes. People with certain mutations in the gene coding for dysferlin develop muscular dystrophy—a group of muscle wasting ...

IPS HEART has been awarded Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) by the FDA for GIVI-MPCs based on its unique ability to create new ...

With the recent surge in popularity of weight loss drugs like Ozempic, altogether called GLP-1s, there has been renewed scientific interest in understanding how our bodies regulate muscle growth.

The FDA has granted fast track designation to DYNE-101, a therapy for myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) now in testing in a ...

The FDA has granted fast-track designation to an investigational antisense oligonucleotide to treat individuals with myotonic ...

Ips Heart Inc. has been awarded orphan drug designation by the FDA for its GIVI-MPC stem cell therapy for Becker muscular dystrophy. GIVI-MPC has the unique ability to create new muscle with full ...

When Raniya Scott was just two years old, her world changed with an unexpected diagnosis: Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), ...

IPS HEART has now shown GIVI-MPCs create new human muscle with full length human dystrophin in dystrophic pigs, young and extremely aged Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) mice and in a sarcopenia ...