• Research News: Integration Into Chromosome Enhances Dystrophin Gene Therapy in Mice [12/29/05]
  • Research News: Protein May Increase Frataxin in Friedreich's Ataxia [12/28/05]
  • First MDA Mattie Stepanek Fellowship Award Goes to Columbia Researcher [12/21/05]
  • Artwork By New Mexico Artist Accepted Into MDA Art Collection [12/21/05]
  • Research News: Mexiletine Safe, Helpful for MMD-Related Myotonia [12/21/05]
  • Research News: PTC124 Trial Now Open to Boys With Duchenne MD Who Have Nonsense Mutations [12/12/05]
  • Due West Youth Chosen MDA 2006 National Goodwill Ambassador [12/8/05]
  • Research News: MDA Gathers Scientists, Physicians for Updates on Research Progress [12/8/05]
  • Research News: Muscle Wasting in Cancer, Several MDs Linked [12/2/05]
  • Nevada Businesswoman Elected MDA Treasurer [12/2/05]
  • New York Businesswoman Elected to MDA Leadership [12/2/05]
  • Fitness Pioneer, Wife to Co-Chair MDA's ALS Division [12/2/05]
  • Teen Singing Sensation Artist Billy Gilman to Lead MDA Youth Programs for Another Year [11/23/05]
  • Research News: Heart Overgrowth Blocker Found [11/18/05]
  • MDA Teams Up With The Salvation Army For Its Angel Giving Tree Program [11/17/05]
  • Research News: Low Levels of SMN Increase Risk, Severity of ALS [11/16/05]
  • Research News: Early Diagnosis, Treatment Improve Cardiac Outlook In DMD, BMD [11/15/05]
  • Research News: New Compound Protects Hearts From DMD Damage [11/10/05]
  • MDA Seeks Volunteers For 2006 Summer Camp [11/10/05]
  • Research News: Blocking Immune System IL1 Helps Mice With MG [11/7/05]
  • NIH Names Three New Muscular Dystrophy Centers of Excellence [11/4/05]
  • Boy Poet Meets President Most Memorable GMA Moment [11/3/05]
  • Research News: Split-Gene Delivery Strategy Explored In Mice With Duchenne Dystrophy [11/3/05]
  • Research News: Pregnancy, Delivery in FSHD Subject of New Study [10/31/05]
  • Research News: Investigators Open Phase 2 Idebenone Study in Friedreich's Ataxia [10/28/05]
  • Research News: Trial of Myozyme in Late-Onset Pompe's Disease Now Open [10/26/05]
  • Research News: Multicenter Trial Of Arimoclomol in ALS To Begin [10/24/05]
  • Research News: SMA Cells Get Boost From Hydroxyurea [10/21/05]
  • Research News: Compounds Up Utrophin, Help DMD-Affected Mice [10/21/05]
  • Research News: MDA, Seek a Miracle, FARA Join Forces to Fight Friedreich's Ataxia [10/20/05]
  • Research News: MDA Researchers Treat Cause of Myotonic Dystrophy in Mice [10/19/05]
  • Research News: Wyeth Seeks People With Becker MD for MYO-029 Study [10/14/05]
  • MDA Offers Flu Shots for People with Neuromuscular Diseases [10/3/05]
  • St. Louis' Sheldon Art Galleries to Host MDA Exhibit [9/21/05]
  • Research News: Request for Proposals - Human Gene Therapy Clinical Trials for ALS [9/16/05]
  • Katrina Sends People Served by MDA Scrambling for Help [9/16/05]
  • Artwork By Tennessee Artist Accepted Into MDA Art Collection [9/13/05]
  • Artwork By California Artist Accepted Into MDA Art Collection [9/13/05]
  • MDA Telethon Raises $54.9 Million, Assists in Hurricane Relief [9/5/05]
  • Rhode Island Twins Receive MDA National Achievement Award [9/4/05]
  • MDA Providing Emergency Services for Hurricane Refugees with Muscular Dystrophy [9/3/05]
  • MDA Telethon to Appeal for Hurricane Relief [8/31/05]
  • Research News: Neurotrophin 3 Shows Promise in CMT [8/30/05]
  • MDA, Harley-Davidson to Celebrate 25-Year Partnership on Labor Day Telethon [8/29/05]
  • Research News: Subtle Heart Abnormalities Seen in FSHD [8/25/05]
  • Research News: MDA Researchers Improve Health, Survival Of Mice With Severe Congenital MD [8/17/05]
  • Research News: 'Tissue Doppler' May Detect Early Heart Problems in DMD [8/17/05]
  • Research News: University of Iowa Named Fourth Wellstone Center [8/12/05]
  • Research News: Are Viruses Trigger for ALS? [8/9/05]
  • MDA TV Special to Honor Late Teen Poet [8/4/05]
  • Research News: MD STARnet Asks Parents About Care, Technology in DMD, BMD [8/3/05]
  • Hilton Head Woman Named MDA Chairman [8/3/05]
  • Rhode Island Woman with SMA Named 2006 Ms. Wheelchair America [8/2/05]
  • Research News: Study of NIPPV, Nutrition In ALS Under Way [7/27/05]
  • Jerry Lewis Named Recipient of Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 2005 Governors Award [7/26/05]
  • Research News: Genzyme Screening Participants For Late-Onset Pompe's Study [7/25/05]
  • Research News: MDA Sponsors Muscle Stem Workshop [7/22/05]
  • Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Host MDA Exhibit [7/20/05]
  • Research News: Arimoclomol May Combat Misfolded Proteins in ALS [7/19/05]
  • Vonage Becomes MDA Telethon Sponsor [7/18/05]
  • Colorado Arts Center to Host MDA Exhibit [7/5/05]
  • Tucson Facility to Host MDA Exhibit [7/1/05]
  • Hollywood Auction Features Gown to Benefit 'MDA Mattie Fund' [6/16/05]
  • Research News: MD Diagnoses Sometimes Warrant A Closer Look [6/16/05]
  • Research News: Ventilation Helps Eight With Pompe's Disease [6/13/05]
  • Research News: Exposing SMA-Affected Cells To Aminoglycoside Drugs Can Increase SMN [6/8/05]
  • Research News: Antibiotic Helps Mice with OPMD [6/3/05]
  • Research News: Hydroxyurea Tested in SMA [5/31/05]
  • Research News: Tacrolimus Holds Up In Long-Term MG Trials [5/27/05]
  • MDA Announces Return of 'Rite of Summer' - Backyard Carnivals [5/27/05]
  • Artwork By Oregon Artist Accepted Into MDA Art Collection [5/26/05]
  • Research News: Two Drug Studies In DMD Remain Open [5/25/05]
  • Texas Father, Son Fight ALS at Safeco Field [5/25/05]
  • Texas Father, Son Fight ALS at McAfee Coliseum and SBC Park [5/24/05]
  • Sister Act Fights for Disability Awareness [5/19/05]
  • Research News: High-Dose Tamoxifen May Prolong Survival in ALS [5/18/05]
  • MDA Releases New Book for People Living with ALS [5/13/05]
  • Artwork By Florida Artist Accepted Into MDA Art Collection [5/11/05]
  • The Beverly Hilton to Host 2005 Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon [5/3/05]
  • Riders Raise Over $750K at "Ride for Life" Fund-Raiser for MDA [5/2/05]
  • Research News: MDA Announces Mattie Stepanek Postdoctoral Fellowship in Mitochondrial Disease Research [5/2/05]
  • Research News: ALS Awareness Month Shows Progress by MDA Researchers [5/1/05]
  • Muscle Team Games Score $116,000; Full House of Sports Celebs Support MDA [4/28/05]
  • Research News: Genzyme's Pompe's Treatment Looks Good So Far For Infantile-Onset Disease [4/27/05]
  • MDA Spotlights ALS During May [4/27/05]
  • Nation's Largest Charity Motorcycle Ride Set to Thunder Against Muscular Dystrophy [4/22/05]
  • Research News: Muscular Dystrophy Association Awards $1.5 Million Grant to PTC Therapeutics [4/21/05]
  • Research News: Drug for Duchenne MD Clears Phase 1 Study [4/15/05]
  • Research News: Trial Suggests Early Drug Treatment Prolongs Heart Function in DMD [4/13/05]
  • Research News: Cardiac Stem Cells Come Closer to Clinic [4/7/05]
  • 'Muscle Team' Scores $300,000; Full House of Sports Celebs Support MDA [4/7/05]
  • Artwork By Rhode Island Artist Accepted Into MDA Art Collection [4/5/05]
  • Research News: Women With CMT Risk Childbirth Complications [4/1/05]
  • Tucson Attorney Elected to MDA National Leadership [3/18/05]
  • Research News: New CoQ10 Study Opens at 19 Centers [3/10/05]
  • Research News: Minocycline in ALS Trial Seeks Participants [3/08/05]
  • Artwork By Colorado Artist Accepted Into MDA Art Collection [3/4/05]
  • Buy a Shamrock, Help Fight Muscular Dystrophy [3/1/05]
  • Research News: Vitamin E May Decrease, Military Service May Increase ALS Risk [2/28/05]
  • Research News: Myostatin Blocker To Be Tested In Clinical Trial [2/25/05]
  • Research News: Embryonic Stem Cells Can Become Motor Neurons [2/24/05]
  • Research News: Etanercept for MG Shows Promise, Risks [2/22/05]
  • Research News: Heart Problems in MMD1 Often Require Pacemaker [2/16/05]
  • Third Heartsongs Gala Honors World Peace Hopes of Late Poet, Goodwill Ambassador Mattie Stepanek [2/11/05]
  • Research News: Spaces Open in DMD Pentoxifylline Trial [2/10/05]
  • Research News: Better Tests Available for Duchenne, Becker MDs [2/10/05]
  • Research News: Mayo Researchers ID New Form of MD [2/7/05]
  • MDA, Harley-Davidson Celebrate 25-Year Partnership [2/7/05]
  • Research News: Offer Prednisone for DMD, Neurology Group Says [2/3/05]
  • Research News: FDA Grants Orphan Drug Designation for Drug Aimed at Duchenne MD [1/28/05]
  • Iowa Man Joins MDA National Advisory Group [1/13/05]
  • Tampa Man Joins MDA National Advisory Group [1/13/05]