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2nd CMD Science Town Hall Meeting: Saturday March 19th

Join us for the 2nd CMD Science Town Hall Meeting as we talk with Dr. Dean Burkin, Dr. Ana Ferreiro and Dr. Jim Collins about their CMD research funded by Cure CMD/SAM in 2009.  This online (webex) and audio conference call will be moderated by Cure CMD Chairman, Anne Rutkowski, MD and Cure CMD SMAB [...]

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CMD Teens Share Perspectives on CMD with FDA

Kings Floyd of Maine and Luke Hoban of Pennsylvania shared their perspectives on life with CMD on camera and in person with the Orphan Products Development (OOPD) staff at the FDA on February 1st.  Video footage included an interview with Dr. Tim Cote, Director of OOPD (FDA) which will be  available on Youtube in upcoming [...]

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Robert’s story

My name is Robert.  I was born in 1967 in Georgia and had no birth complications.  I have lived in the Southeast for my entire life.   In 2006, I, as well as my older brother, was diagnosed with Autosomal recessive Bethlem Myopathy. My brother and I share many of the same symptoms and while he’s [...]

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Revised and Updated CMD GeneReview Overview Chapter released!

Thanks to Dr. Susan Sparks, Dr. Susana Quijano Roy and Dr. Amy Harper and the GeneReview editorial staff fot their tremendous work in revising and updating the CMD Overview Chapter, which provides current information on how to diagnose and manage CMD.   Next stop: revision of the Laminin Alpha 2 Deficient (Merosin Def) CMD. To [...]

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Ana’s story

Ana es una niña de 5 años fenomenal, muy alegre y divertida. Toda la fuerza que le falta en los músculos la tiene en la lengua, ya que no para de hablar y cantar en todo el día ya sea en español o en inglés ya que va a un colegio británico.

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John’s Story

John was diagnosed with Ullrich’s CMD December 2010 at 2 ½ years of age.  By the time we got the diagnosis it wasn’t a surprise, but there was a long journey to get to that point.  John is the son of Jennifer and Charles and the younger brother of Owen.

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Yuchen’s story: I Wish

盼我深吸了一口气,咬紧了牙关,双臂使劲地撑住桌面,我感觉到双腿的颤抖,我尽量把重量放到腿上去,努力扶着桌子站了起来,汗从头上滴落,一滴一滴地落到桌面上,迸散开来,我心里默默念着,“坚持、坚持”就在我几乎站不住的时候,我完成了规定时间的锻炼。瘫坐在椅子上休息片刻后,我又开始了下一组的练习……这对于正常人来说是再简单不过的事情了,可对于我来说,每一次的站立锻炼,都要付出很多的努力。

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Yuchen’s story (as told by his mother)

再过两天儿子就满十岁了,十年了,他陪伴在我身边已经十个年头了,这十年来,我不知道为他掉了多少的眼泪,但我仍然很坚定的说,他是我最好的孩子,虽然他的身体状况使我感觉到伤心,但拥有他是我今生最大的快乐。肌无力,我以前从来没有听说过这种病,但它却无情的出现在我儿子的身上,出生后三天因为吸入性肺炎而

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Cure CMD funds over $250,000 in CMD research in 2010

Cure CMD funds $280,000 in research in 2010, bringing totals spent on CMD research in the last two years to over $1/2 million.  Two years funding in partnership with SAM.  Per Cure CMD’s Chairman, Anne Rutkowski, “Funding at this level has brought an increased focus to CMD science and drives the identification of new treatment [...]

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CMD Science Town Hall Meeting: CMD Comparative Outcome Measure Study, Dec 4th, 2010

The first CMD Science Town Hall Meeting presented the CMD community with preliminary results of the CMD Comparative Outcome Measure Study, Part One which took place at NIH in June 2010 and was funded by Cure CMD and the National Institute of Neurologic Diseases and Strokes (NINDS).

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