This rare genetic disorder is due to the absence of a vital protein called dystrophin that helps the body maintain muscle cells, which results in rapid muscle degeneration and increasing muscle ...

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a genetic disease in which muscle cells fail to produce a protein called dystrophin. Unlike some other forms of muscular dystrophy, in Duchenne there is a complete ...

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a genetic condition that causes progressive muscle weakness and wasting. It is an X-linked recessive disorder that occurs due to changes in the DMD gene, which ...

More than 30 rare muscular dystrophy types cause progressive muscle weakness from inherited gene mutations. Combined, they affect about 1 in 5,000 to 8,000 people. Common subtypes vary by age of onset ...

"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 ...

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common and one of the most severe types of muscular dystrophy. Symptoms usually start between ages 2 and 6, and muscle weakness worsens quickly. DMD ...

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a rare neurological condition that causes severe muscle weakness and intellectual disability. DMD is an inherited (passed down) disorder. The condition is linked ...