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Definition of muscular dystrophy
: any of a group of hereditary diseases characterized by progressive wasting of muscles — compare becker muscular dystrophy, duchenne muscular dystrophy
Examples of muscular dystrophy in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web Denise put on skits in the garage to raise money for muscular dystrophy research.
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CNN, "The last convicted Birmingham church bomber has died in prison," 26 June 2020 The area has changed much in the 60 years since Elaine's mother, Demaris Cash, opened the store to keep her family afloat following her husband's two heart attacks and her older daughter's diagnosis with muscular dystrophy.
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Andrea Perez Balderrama, Detroit Free Press, "Ann Arbor's Treasure Mart to close permanently in August," 17 June 2020 In one case, Georgieva said GEMM Core created mice with the same unique genetic mutation that caused muscular dystrophy in a young female patient to help study her disease and research treatment options.
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Amanda Morris, azcentral, "Mice can't catch COVID-19, so a UA lab is making new kind of mouse," 10 June 2020 Three patients with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy Type 2E who got the high dose of Sarepta’s SRP-9003 produced greater levels of the protein beta-sarcoglycan.
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Bailey Lipschultz, BostonGlobe.com, "Sarepta gene therapy win helps to validate broader platform," 8 June 2020 Rylin Rodgers has two grown children with muscular dystrophy.
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Amy Silverman, New York Times, "The Right School Can Make All the Difference for a Child With Disabilities," 18 Apr. 2020 Diagnosed with muscular dystrophy as a child, Clemmons will major in nursing at U of L to join the profession that has helped her.
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Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal, "Four seniors get JCPS employee-funded scholarships, hand-delivered to their homes," 20 May 2020 The deal is for Sarepta's experimental gene therapy for muscular dystrophy, a devastating muscle-wasting disorder, called SRP-9001.
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Sy Mukherjee, Fortune, "Controversial Biotech Sarepta Keeps Up Unlikely Win Streak With $1.15 Billion Roche Deal," 23 Dec. 2019 There are many types of muscular dystrophy, since the term refers to any condition that causes muscle weakness by preventing proper muscle formation or function.
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Popular Science, "Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about muscles," 1 Jan. 2019
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