Science & Medicine
Researchers have discovered the chemical defect that causes the most common and deadly form of muscular dystrophy--a giant step toward a treatment for a disease that cripples up to 50,000 young men and boys in the United States.
Dec. 23, 1987
In the latest in a series of landmark studies involving muscular dystrophy, researchers reported last week they had identified a protein defect that apparently causes a less severe form of the crippling disorder.
May 30, 1988
Healthy muscle cells implanted into the toe of a 10-year-old boy with Duchenne muscular dystrophy have apparently reversed the effects of the degenerative disease in the boy’s toe muscles, a Tennessee researcher reported Saturday.
June 3, 1990
California
Sometimes, when he dreams, Steven Schaad, 8, is tearing down the street, free as the wind, running like the other kids in the neighborhood.
Aug. 3, 1998
Study finds stunning disparity in death rates for blacks with muscular dystrophy [Updated]
Sept. 13, 2010
World & Nation
Jerry Lewis raised a record $45,759,368 Monday through his annual muscular dystrophy telethon despite scattered protests from victims of the disease and a White House appointee.
Sept. 8, 1992
Booster Shots
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March 24, 2010
May 3, 2010
The treatment is found to be effective against muscular dystrophy in mice, and holds promise for many other illnesses.
April 28, 2007
The Muscular Dystrophy Assn.’
July 23, 1987