Solid Biosciences has announced preliminary data from its IGNITE DMD gene therapy clinical trial. The Duchenne Research Fund is proud to have helped seed fund Solid’s gene therapy program together with Duchenne UK and Joining Jack, with a joint investment of $5...
We are pleased to share an update from ReveraGen about its Vamorolone clinical trial. Vamorolone is an alternative treatment to existing steroids that aims to maximise the benefits while reducing the side effects. In 2014, The Duchenne Research Fund helped fund the...
Five years ago we identified gene therapy as a viable treatment for Duchenne. Today we are reflecting on the exciting and inspiring events of the past week in the gene therapy arena which are now bringing hope and cautious optimism to the Duchenne community. We have...
Message from Solid Biosciences: “We’re pleased to share with you that the FDA has lifted the clinical hold on IGNITE DMD, our clinical trial investigating SGT-001 as a potential treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). SGT-001 is a microdystrophin gene...
Dr Ronald Cohn, who leads the Duchenne Research Fund’s Scientific Advisory Board, has become the first ever researcher to successfully correct one of the mutations that causes Duchenne muscular dystrophy, working on cells in his laboratory at the Centre for...
DRF-funded research was published this week in Cell, one of the world’s most prestigious scientific journals, analysing why two golden retrievers showed no severe symptoms of Duchenne muscular dystrophy and unexpectedly lived a normal lifespan despite being born...
The Duchenne Research Fund is incredibly proud of Dr Dongsheng Duan – an important Scientific Advisory Board member of Solid GT, a gene therapy programme pioneered by Solid Biosciences and that we helped to fund. Dr Duan’s latest gene therapy work on...
Professor Dame Kay Davies (University of Oxford) and her group have recently published encouraging results of a study to test new second-generation compounds to increase the level of utrophin protein as a treatment for boys and men with Duchenne and Becker muscular...
