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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