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Imagine having a beautiful baby boy. For four years, your child thrives and is the light of your life. One day you notice he has difficulty standing up. His calves are swollen, and he can't keep up with other children. You take him to his pediatrician, who says he's probably just a slow starter and not to worry.

At five, you finally find a specialist that gives a proper diagnosis…Duchenne muscular dystrophy. You're told his muscles will die and not regenerate. You scream frustration as to why you haven't heard about Duchenne before? [Read More]


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Duchenne Research News

  • A firmer understanding of muscle fibrosis - Link
  • Clinical outcome measures for trials in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: report from International Working Group meetings - Link
  •  $1.35M Grant to Expand Muscular Dystrophy Surveillance - Link
  • National Institutes of Health Awards Dr. Justin Fallon and Brown University $1.33M+ to Advance Biglycan to Clinic for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy - Link
  • First NIH-funded personalized drug development center in US will focus on muscle disease- Link
  • Charity Watch Auction in Monaco Raises $6.2M for MD Research- Link
  • Fact Sheet about the newly proposed NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) - Link
  • Prosensa Advances Three Exon Skipping Candidates for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy into the Next Development Stage- Link
  • Dr. Craig McDonald Discusses the Six-Minute Walk Test as an Outcome Measure in DMD - Link
  • A Clinical Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of GSK2402968 in Subjects With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD114044) - Link
  • New compound brings hope of muscular dystrophy remedy - Link
  • Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Is Ultimately a Stem Cell Disease, Researchers Find - Link
  • Study Explains Why Muscles Weaken with Age and Points to Possible Therapy - Link

 

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