When the 11th meeting of the International Myotonic Dystrophy Consortium (IDMC-11) met in San Francisco in September 2017, Dr. Giovanni Meola was in attendance, as he has been since the first biennial meeting in Paris, France, in 1997.
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April 9, 2018
March 6, 2018
MDF is bidding a very fond farewell to John Porter, PhD, as MDF’s Chief Science Officer, and bidding a very warm hello to Elizabeth (Lisa) Ackermann, PhD.
March 6, 2018
Speech disorders (dysarthria) in CDM and childhood-onset DM1 have long been recognized and surveillance by speech and language therapists is an important aspect of patient care. Facial weakness and myotonia, and involvement of oral cavity, palatopharyngeal and respiratory muscles, are known to contribute to speech impairment.
March 6, 2018
As Matthew Brown listened to his cousin Emily describe the symptoms that led to doctors diagnosing her with having multiple sclerosis, he grew concerned. The problems she described—an inability to relax her hand, a freezing of her tongue that made it impossible to talk at times, and gastrointestinal issues—were the same ones he had been experiencing.
February 12, 2018
Chimeric proteins elucidate mechanisms of MBNL binding and regulation of alternative splicing, and suggest a path to optimize therapeutic strategies for DM.
February 12, 2018
Conceptually sound strategies exist to repair or replace defective genes that cause disease—what will it take to ensure these are safe and effective?
February 12, 2018
A novel optical imaging approach helps characterize the central nervous system phenotype of DM2 mice.
February 6, 2018
MDF holds an offsite planning meeting in January every year to look at the Care and Cure landscape for myotonic dystrophy. The annual goals are to identify urgent and high-impact opportunities to improve the quality of life of every person living with this disease while continuing to accelerate the search for therapies.
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