UVA Targets Mysteries of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Why Do Promising Treatments Fail? (VIDEO)

University of Virginia Health System

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Researchers at the University of Virginia are taking an ambitious new approach to determining why promising treatments for Duchenne muscular dystrophy consistently fail. The work has received $2.5 million from the National Institutes of Health. (A version of this video without music is also available.)

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Harry Moxley | University of Virginia School of Medicine

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