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Posted October 14, 2015 clinical trial

Precision medicine for severe muscular dystrophy heads for clinical trials.

Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy is caused by mutations in any of at least 15 different genes and affects 1 in 14,500 to 1 in 123,000 annually. Individuals with Limb Girdle … Continue Reading Precision medicine for severe muscular dystrophy heads for clinical trials.

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