Sarepta, Duchenne and gene
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Roche Holding AG paused some shipments of the controversial gene therapy Elevidys following a similar action by the embattled US biotechnology company that developed the treatment.
Gene therapy may have the potential to cure Duchenne muscular dystrophy, but early results from clinical trials have not been as promising as researchers hoped. Research is ongoing. Duchenne ...
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy affects 12,000 to 15,000 children and young adults in the United States and about 300,000 worldwide. It's caused by a mutation in the dystrophin gene, which makes a ...
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Zacks Investment Research on MSNSRPT Down After Third Death in Muscular Dystrophy Gene Therapy ProgramShares of Sarepta Therapeutics SRPT nosedived 35.9% on Friday following the death of a patient dosed with one of its experimental gene therapies. The company confirmed that a 51-year-old, non-ambulant (unable to walk) limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) patient died due to acute liver failure (ALF).