In recent years, a growing understanding of myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1)—an often fatal, devastating, rare neuromuscular disorder that causes muscle weakness and other life-limiting ...

People with Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 (DM1), the most common adult-onset form of muscular dystrophy, progressively lose ...

An increase in research and development (R&D) activities in myotonic dystrophy is expected to drive market growth by enhancing the understanding of the disease, accelerating drug discovery ...

Muscles in the face, shoulders, arms and legs begin to ... Avidity Biosciences is also testing treatments for myotonic ...

NEW BRIGHTON, MINN. — Twenty-year-old Giacomo Naylor, 16-year-old Lukas Naylor, 13-year-old Isadora Naylor and Gianna Naylor were all born with myotonic dystrophy — a genetic disorder that ...

Patients with myotonic dystrophy have smaller hearts, and lower systolic and diastolic blood pressures and pulse rates. They have impaired autonomic reflexes, measured by orthostatic, Valsalva ...