Katrina recently started her first job as a qualified vet after graduating from veterinary school last year. She looks back on the challenges of completing such a physically demanding degree with Bethlem myopathy, the compromises she has had to make in her profession, and her future career goals.
Dr Zhou and colleagues will work to improve the delivery of molecular patches into muscle cells with the aim to develop effective therapies for collagen VI-related congenital muscular dystrophy (COL6-CMD).
Professor Carsten Bonnemann and his colleagues from the National Institute of Health (US) aim to develop a new kind of molecular patch for Collagen VI-related muscular dystrophy that can be delivered using adeno-associated virus (AAV).
Inspired by his son and a friend, who both live with a muscle wasting condition, Trevor Morgan is running the 2025 London Landmarks Half Marathon to raise money and increase awareness. He tells us what made him sign up to take part in the event.
On Helpline Awareness Day, Lauren Howorth, our Helpline, Information, and Advocacy Officer discusses how our helpline team provides vital support to people in our community. What she loves about her job. And the support she received from the helpline before starting work at MDUK.
Greater awareness among non-neuromuscular specialists is crucial to our community, living with muscle wasting and weakening conditions, receiving the right care and support – in emergencies it can even save lives. We’re calling on the next Government to promote on-going professional development and upskilling of all health professionals around rare diseases and muscle wasting and weakening conditions.
Findings from our recent survey reveal that people living with a muscle wasting or weakening condition are often misunderstood by healthcare professionals and are not referred at the earliest opportunity to specialist services.
Naomi found out she had muscular dystrophy while she was pregnant. Her two sons, Frankie and Freddie, also have the condition. This Mother’s Day, Naomi shares her incredible story about her family’s journey and what being a mum means to her.