A mom was overjoyed when she learned a drug could save her baby's life. Then she learned it cost $2 million.

A mom was overjoyed when she learned a gene therapy treatment could save her child's life, until she found out no one would ...

Breakthrough genetic therapies can save lives, but many cost millions for single dose

A new class of life-saving drugs is helping children who once had no hope. But some carry a price tag of millions for a ...

No weights? No problem: How to build real strength with just your body

Mind-body coach Dana Santas shows how you can create strength gains without gym equipment by progressing body-weight ...

The quest to slow aging leads scientists into the powerhouse of cells

Aging taps us on the shoulder in many ways: wrinkles, thinning hair, loss of flexibility, slowing of the brain. But the ...

5 common causes of muscle mass loss (& how to prevent them)

Loss of muscle mass, also called muscle wasting or atrophy, can happen gradually as part of getting older or more suddenly ...

Muscular Dystrophy Association Announces More Than $2.7 Million For Research Grants to Advance Breakthroughs Across Neuromuscular Diseases

The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) today announced more than $2.7 million in new research grants to advance groundbreaking discoveries across multiple neuromuscular diseases, including ...
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Muscle Stem Cells for Muscular Dystrophies

Adult skeletal muscle is a tissue with a high capacity for regeneration due to the existence of stem cell population, termed ...

Muscle regeneration hindered by missing protein in rare muscular dystrophy, study shows

For more than two decades, researchers at the University of Basel, Switzerland, have been investigating a severe form of ...