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Europe moves to reject embattled Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene therapy
European regulators said that a Duchenne gene therapy should not be approved, imperiling the treatment that is also facing ...
FDA Investigates Death of Boy Who Got Sarepta’s Gene Therapy
US regulators said they are investigating the death of an 8-year-old boy who received a gene therapy from Sarepta ...
Sarepta fails to win EU backing for muscle disorder gene therapy
Sarepta Therapeutics failed to win the European drug regulator's backing for its muscle disorder gene therapy on Friday, as ...
Health Beat: Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Genetic testing could not confirm Duchenne muscular dystrophy, but a muscle biopsy at UCLA did. "He could see that he was ...
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy treatments, gene therapy spark hope - USA TODAY
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy affects 12,000 to 15,000 children and young adults in the United States and about 300,000 worldwide. It's caused by a mutation in the dystrophin gene, which makes a ...
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First Gene Therapy to Treat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is Approved
The first gene therapy that can treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; it will be marketed as Elevidys (delandistrogene ...