Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)

  • Recently, Indo-Japanese researchers developed a "disease-modifying" treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) using a food additive called beta-glucan.
  • DMD is a rare genetic disease that primarily affects male children, with around 80,000 patients in India.
  • The disease leads to muscle weakness and damage, causing patients to become wheelchair-bound in their early teens and die prematurely.
  • The research is considered a major step in pediatric myology, but further validation through large-scale studies is needed to fully understand its ....
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