Myotonic Dystrophy: Resources For Professionals

For Professionals Seeking Community, Care, and a Cure

The Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation (MDF) is committed to helping advance research and therapies. We do this by:

  • Supporting up-and-coming postdoctoral fellowships to expand the research base
  • Launching and managing the Myotonic Dystrophy Family Registry
  • Investing in target identification and drug screening
  • Supporting a robust clinical research network to increase the efficiency of testing new drug candidates
  • Determining the true prevalence of the DM mutation in the population and documenting the socio-economic burden of the disease

MDF offers the following resources for myotonic dystrophy professionals: