Myotonic Dystrophy: Newsletter Archive

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January 2016 Dispatch Vol. 2

January 2016 Dispatch Vol. 1

  • MDF Community Supports Care and a Cure (See Newsletter)
  • Making an Impact: MDF 3.0
  • Isis Pharmaceuticals Becomes Ionis Pharmaceuticals
  • MDF Kicks Off the New Year (See Newsletter)

December 2015 Dispatch

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October 2015 Dispatch Vol. 2

October 2015 Dispatch Vol. 1

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December 2014 Dispatch

November 2014 Dispatch Volume 2

  • MDF Launches Clinical Trials Resource Center
  • 2nd Annual Myotonic Dystrophy Information Meeting
  • Join MDF on #GivingTuesday!
  • 2014 Grassroots Year in Review

November 2014 Dispatch Volume 1

October 2014 Dispatch Volume 2

  • Celebrate Caregivers
  • Survey Positions 2014 MDF Annual Conference as the Most Successful to Date
  • Endocrine Function in DM1 Patients
  • Join us in Boston on November 7!

October 2014 Dispatch Volume 1

September 2014 Dispatch Volume 2

  • 2014 MDF Annual Conference: What a Weekend!
  • MD-CARE Act Passes!
  • Toxic RNA Research Update

September 2014 Dispatch Volume 1

  • New and Improved MDF Website
  • University of Iowa to Launch a Multidisciplinary DM Clinic
  • Join the 2014 MDF Annual Conference Livestream Broadcast

August 2014 Dispatch Volume 2

  • MDF Launches a New Look!
  • New Research: Parental Age Effects in the Transmission of DM1
  • Join the Myotonic Dystrophy Family Registry

August 2014 Dispatch Volume 1

July 2014 Dispatch Volume 2

July 2014 Dispatch Volume 1

June 2014 Dispatch Volume 2

  • DM2 Patients and Statins: New Research
  • The Christopher Project Patient Survey Launched
  • 500 Voices Campaign Launches with SpeakingPhoto
  • Movement in the House on the MD-CARE Act

June 2014 Dispatch Volume 1

May 2014 Dispatch Volume 2

  • MDF Advances DM Research with Fund-A-Fellow Grants
  • Stanford University Announces the Creation of Myotonic Dystrophy Biobank
  • MDF Dysphagia Recipe Contest!

May 2014 Dispatch Volume 1

April 2014 Dispatch Volume 2

  • DM Research Studies on Facial Recognition and Sleep Disturbances
  • MDF Announces Fund-A-Fellow Success!
  • Dash & Dine for DM

April 2014 Dispatch Volume 1

March 2014 Dispatch Volume 2

  • Dr. Matt Disney Talk About DM2 Research
  • Genetic Testing for Myotonic Dystrophy
  • Pregnancy Study Seeks Participants
  • Orphan Drug Designation Given to a DM Drug Under Development at Valentia Biopharma
  • Muscles for Myotonic 2014

March 2014 Dispatch Volume 1

February 2014 Dispatch

January 2014 Dispatch Volume 2

  • New Studies Shed Light on Cardiac Complications and Toxic RNA
  • Help with Rare Disease Day Advocacy
  • Referral List Renamed, Adds Functionality
  • Annual Offsite Meeting
  • "The Facts" Now Available in French

December 2013 Dispatch Volume 2

December 2013 Dispatch Volume 1

November 2013 Dispatch

October 2013 Dispatch Volume 2

October 2013 Dispatch Volume 1

September 2013 Dispatch Volume 2

September 2013 Dispatch Volume 1

August 2013 Dispatch Volume 2

August 2013 Dispatch Volume 1

July 2013 Dispatch Volume 2

July 2013 Dispatch Volume 1

June 2013 Dispatch Volume 2

June 2013 Dispatch Volume 1

May 2013 Dispatch

April 2013 Dispatch

March 2013 Dispatch

February 2013 Dispatch

January 2013 Dispatch