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Sarah Skyrme is a PhD student at Newcastle University, funded by the ESRC (Economic and Social R...
Tags: PhD project, interviews, Newcastle University.
A recent review by Dr Karl BettelheimIn a recent copy of the popular science magazine, New Scien...
Tags: IGF1, Karl Bettelheim, olympic games, doping, duchenne, muscular dystrophy.
When my son Saul was diagnosed in 2000 I was surprised and angry that so little progress had bee...
Tags: personalised medicines, action duchenne, clinical trials, dmd registry.
Protandim is used by some families in the UK. However there is no definitive data that shows it ...
This article by Annemeike Rus is a brilliant explanation of exon skipping.
Tags: exon skipping.
Physical therapy can help prevent deformities, improve movement, and keep muscles as flexible an...
Tags: Physical therapy, flexibility, exercises.
This is a summary of the article written by Aurelie Goyenvalle, Jane T Seto, Kay E Davies and Je...
Tags: exon skipping, gene therapy, Viral Vector, Dystrophin, rAAV, Antisense Oligonucleotide, PMO, PPMO, Duchenne, muscular dystrophy, Utrophin.
Funding for pioneering research into gene therapy by Action Duchenne has led to further funds fo...
Tags: exon skipping, Duchenne, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Dr Matthew Wood, Mike Gait, antisense oligonucleotides.
Forty-Eight Week Follow-Up Data from a Phase I/IIa Extension Study of PRO051/GSK2402968 in Subje...
Tags: Duchenne, DMD, GSK, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
Center for Gene Therapy, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Depa...
Tags: gene therapy, limb, muscle, adenoassociated viral AAV.