"My medicine is making me stronger," 7-year-old Hudson Sanford says after receiving a breakthrough gene therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her ...

Kids with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and their families deserve the chance to decide their own future.

HOUSTON – There’s a new type of therapy that can help kids with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) affects one in 3,600 male births, and it can lead to immobility, and ...

Columnist Betty Vertin says her three sons with DMD may not have a big social life, but they have a big family that makes up ...

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BRAINERD — Motorcycle riders and enthusiasts from across the world will soon descend on Brainerd as they work to raise awareness and fight Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Hosted by Brainerd's Craig ...

Sarepta Therapeutics has come under pressure following the deaths of three patients using its treatments.

A LAYTOWN family is racing against time to raise €2.7 million for life-changing treatment in the United States for their ...

In his first years, Carter Sommers was not reaching his developmental milestones. A number of factors could have been to blame. For starters, his mother Kristen Sommers said, he was the first boy born ...

MIAMI — They want to save the lives of their boys and others who suffer from Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Many with the disease lose their lives in their late 20s. And, that's why the Finazzo family ...

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A RECOMMENDATION for the HSE not to cover the cost of a drug to help children with a rare muscular disease has been blasted by families. Last year, The Irish Sun highlighted the plight of kids ...