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Podcast Explores Newborn Screening for DMD

An April 2012 podcast from Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, explores the implications of a recently developed strategy for newborn screening for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).

The podcast is part of a Nationwide Children's series called "This Month in Muscular Dystrophy."

ALS Research Briefs: News from 2012 AAN Conference

Among the reports given at the 2012 annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, being held April 21-28 in New Orleans, was information about research into amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

2012 AAN Meeting: DMD, BMD Briefs

Update (June 1, 2012)­—  The brief Drugs help DMD-related cardiomyopathy has been updated to include a May 2012 podcast provided by Nationwide Children's Hospital's "This Month in Muscular Dystrophy."

SMA: RG3039 Proves Safe in Phase 1 Trial

Update (June 21, 2012):This story was updated to include the fact that MDA funding helped support the phase 1 trial, as well as the preclinical development of RG3039.

Neuromuscular Disease Research Discussed at 2012 AAN Meeting

Top scientists and clinicians from around the world are discussing the latest research in neuroscience, and the care of individuals with nerve and muscle diseases, at the 2012 annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology in New Orleans, April 21-28.

DMD Drug SMT C1100 Moves to Human Testing

Update (May 25, 2012) —Summit announced today that the first group of healthy volunteers in the phase 1 trial of its newly formulated SMT C1100 has begun receiving the drug. The dose-escalating trial will evaluate whether the new formulation of SMT C1100 is safe and whether consistent blood levels of the drug can be achieved.Results are expected by the end of the year.

MDA 2012 Clinical Conference Report: ALS Best Practices

Several experts presented their views of best practices for care of people with ALS at MDA's 2012 Clinical Conference, held in Las Vegas March 4-7.

Best practices outlined in this article include:

MDA 2012 Conference Report: Best Practices

Several experts presented their views of "best practices" for care of people with neuromuscular disorders at MDA's 2012 Clinical Conference, held in Las Vegas March 4-7.

Many questions remain about optimal care in these disorders, but it's clear that attention to heart and respiratory function are of paramount importance.

This article looks at:

MDA Chairman of the Board Honored with ACMG Lifetime Achievement Award

It’s about the children, their health and their futures.

That’s long been the philosophy of R. Rodney Howell, M.D., renowned pediatrician and geneticist, and current chairman of the Board of Directors for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

ALS Research Briefs: SOD1, Repeat Expansions

SOD1 causes toxicity in some familial and some sporadic ALS

In some people with bulbar-onset sporadic ALS, changes to the SOD1 protein cause the same toxicity as is generated by mutated SOD1 protein in the familial (inherited) form of the disease, a team of researchers has reported.

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