Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a devastating genetic condition that results in progressive muscle weakness, spinal deformities, heart failure and early mortality. While genetic therapies are being explored, current treatments only alleviate symptoms. However, MCW’s Dr. Brian Lin and his lab are researching a promising approach that examines a calcium channel which becomes hyperactive in DMD and how inhibiting that channel could counteract the leading cause of death in DMD patients. Learn m

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Living with Duchenne isn’t just a diagnosis. It’s waking up every day in a body that slowly does less and less of what you ask it to do. Imagine being fully aware of everything around you… but not being able to move the way you want to. They way you could before. Imagine sitting in your chair watching your friends run, jump, line up for rides, chase each other, run off from you - and knowing your body won’t let you join them. Imagine having an itch and needing to call someone to scratch it. Want