Muscular dystrophy is caused by defects in certain genes, with type determined by the abnormal gene. In 1986, researchers discovered the gene that, when defective or flawed, causes Duchenne ...

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Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2D (LGMD2D/R3) is a rare genetic disorder caused by mutations in the SGCA gene, leading to defective folding and the loss of functional α-sarcoglycan, with ...

Cumberland Pharmaceuticals’ Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) drug has improved the amount of blood pumped by the heart, ...

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Sidra Medicine, a member of Qatar Foundation, has established a gene therapy centre to treat rare genetic diseases such as ...