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Richard Roxburgh: Young kiwi to be first to trial new muscular dystrophy drug

Publish Date
Mon, 1 Jul 2024, 10:49am
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Richard Roxburgh: Young kiwi to be first to trial new muscular dystrophy drug

Publish Date
Mon, 1 Jul 2024, 10:49am

A young kiwi patient will be one of the first to be treated with a radical new treatment for a rare disease. 

The drug will be used to target muscle cells and silence a gene which causes Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy.

Neurologist and trial lead Richard Roxburgh says the method is promising.

 

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