How to Use Duchenne muscular dystrophy in a Sentence

Duchenne muscular dystrophy

noun
  • Steen died at the age of 25 from Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Plus, there’s new hope for an old theory on treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
    — Elaine Chen, STAT, 9 Apr. 2026
  • And here’s the story of a 5-year-old candidate for a gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
    — Stat Staff, STAT, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Now 35, he was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy at age 7.
    — Cathie Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Chad was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) at the age of three.
    — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • And a Duchenne muscular dystrophy treatment, the linchpin of the portfolio, failed to show any benefit in a large trial last month.
    — Elaine Chen, STAT, 26 July 2024
  • Her first child, Hawken, had been diagnosed 13 months before with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
    — Jason Mast, STAT, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Michael was slightly autistic and diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
    — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 23 Dec. 2024
  • William Jackson -- age two -- has been diagnosed with a rare genetic disease called Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
    — John Canzano, oregonlive, 12 May 2021
  • There is no cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and outside of Elevidys, treatments are limited.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 20 June 2024
  • The stock is lower by 81% year-to-date and much of the weakness is due to safety issues with its Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug Elevidys.
    — Jay Woods, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Jesus and Stacy Zamora’s son, Alex, was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy about a decade ago.
    — Caroline Catherman, Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2022
  • The most common diseases that the vouchers have been awarded for include Duchenne muscular dystrophy, neuroblastoma and sickle cell anemia.
    — Victoria Knight, Axios, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Darren Ormiston, a 9-year-old boy with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, suddenly screamed and lept from his wheelchair, running to a doctor with his hands in the air.
    — Leonard Ortiz, Oc Register, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Late last year, Pfizer reported the death of a patient in its early-stage trial for a different Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene therapy.
    — Laura Ungar, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Sickle cell disease fits into that category, as do cystic fibrosis and Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
    — Katie Hafner, Star Tribune, 30 July 2020
  • Yet a major benefit is that the gene therapy provides another option for people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and it’s administered just once.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 20 June 2024
  • The agency reached another low the following year, when its leaders overruled their own staff to approve eteplirsen, a treatment for a rare genetic condition called Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
    — Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 13 July 2021
  • Research into Duchenne muscular dystrophy has recently furnished an example of this occurrence.
    — Jerome Groopman, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
  • To read more on Biogen’s Alzheimer’s readout, go here; and to learn more about Regenxbio’s latest data on its gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, go here.
    — Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 14 May 2026
  • The scientist hopes that the research will one day lead to treatments for rare genetic disorders such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy and inherited Alzheimer’s disease.
    — Ed Cara / Gizmodo, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024
  • The illness, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, initially manifests in childhood as trouble with strength and walking, then worsens until the heart or the muscles controlling the lungs stop working.
    — Roxanne Khamsi, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2024
  • There are systemic diseases which are now being addressed, such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and there are approvals now for [gene therapies for] spinal muscular atrophy and some forms of hemophilia.
    — Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 4 May 2026
  • In the next few weeks, Sarepta Therapeutics will release new data that could change the future of the company and the lives of thousands of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
    — Jason Mast, STAT, 30 Oct. 2023
  • An abnormality in the DMD gene causes Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
    — Francisco J. Rivera Rosario, Health, 20 Feb. 2025
  • After his diagnosis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a muscle-wasting disease, in June of last year, doctors’ offices became places for needle pokes and anxiety.
    — Marin Wolf, Dallas News, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Researchers have found ways to alter or turn off disease-causing genes in leukemia, hemophilia A, spinal muscular atrophy, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and other diseases.
    — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 10 July 2023
  • Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a rare genetic disorder that causes muscle weakness and damage, often affecting heart and respiratory functions.
    — Beth Warren, The Tennessean, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Beauprey’s attorney said the boy had Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a terminal illness, and that his weight loss was expected, WLUK reported.
    — Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Our colleague Jason Mast joins us to explain how the approval of a landmark gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy set in motion a frantic race to get children treated before their 6th birthdays.
    — Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 17 Aug. 2023

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