Once a Wild Idea, Successful First-Generation Exon-Skipping Therapies Pave the Way for Personalized Treatments

In 1996, MDA provided a small starter grant to Dr. Steve Wilton, a primary investigator at the University of Western Australia in Perth, for research into what scientists then thought was a radical process to address the effects of certain gene mutations. A quarter of a century later, this process — exon skipping — has . . .

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Top 5 FAQs: Eteplirsen (Exondys 51) for DMD Treatment

On Sept. 19, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to eteplirsen, which will now be marketed under the brand name Exondys 51 for the treatment of some forms of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). We’ve received a lot of questions about the newly approved drug, and wanted to share a few answers to . . .

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