Combating immunity

Combating immunity to AAV Ensuring as many patients as possible can benefit from gene therapy The Duchenne Research Fund has awarded a grant to Dr Barry Byrne and Dr Manuela Corti’s team at the University of Florida, whose vital work focuses on overcoming...

CRISPR

CRISPR for Duchenne Genome editing technology to correct the mutated dystrophin gene The Duchenne Research Fund has awarded a £200,000 grant to the team at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada (‘Sick Kids’), who are working on using...

Gene therapy for Becker

Gene therapy for Becker A microdystrophin gene therapy approach for Becker muscular dystrophy The Duchenne Research Fund has awarded a grant to the team of Professor Thomas Voit (pictured) at the Great Ormond Street Biomedical Research Centre at UCL to develop a...