We have hundreds of muscles in our body that help us in multiple ways. Some support the cardiovascular system and others allow us to move with ease. But while working out, we engage only specific ...

Danielle “Nellie” Bruns, an associate professor in the University of Wyoming’s Department of Zoology and Physiology, has received a five-year, $1.78 million research grant from the National Institutes ...

Capricor Therapeutics is taking a victory lap for their phase 2 Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) trial. At three years, the San Diego-based company’s cell therapy deramiocel improved patients’ left ...

Researchers corrected lamin A gene mutations, preventing skeletal and cardiac abnormalities and extending mice lifespans.

The patient had DMD diagnosed when he was 5.5 years of age and had been treated over the course of 21 years with daily deflazacort (1.1 mg per kilogram per day). He lost the ability to ambulate ...