Genetic repair might treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy

From the Los Angeles Times. In the picture, Mark Beckwith, who has muscular dystrophy, walks his dogs.A genetic technique that allows the body to work around a crucial mutation that causes Duchenne muscular dystrophy increased the mass and function of muscles in a small group of patients with the devastating disease, paving the way for larger clinical trials of the drug. The study in a handful of