An El Paso mother traveled to Washington, D.C., this week to advocate for her 14-year-old son, who is living with a rare ...

Muscular dystrophy is a disease caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene. The muscles of muscular dystrophy patients weaken and atrophy over time. Heart and breathing muscles may also eventually be ...

12-year-old Deklan Locke, who has Duchenne muscular dystrophy, uses a power wheelchair and raises awareness about the disease. Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a rare genetic disorder that causes muscle ...

Researchers at the University of Basel have developed a gene therapy that could potentially treat a rare and currently fatal muscle disease in ...