CureDuchenne Partners with Baebies to Accelerate Newborn Screening for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

CureDuchenne, the nation’s leading nonprofit funding scientific research and innovation for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, announced today it has entered into a three-year partnership with Baebies. As a result of CureDuchenne’s investment and partnership, Baebies will add Duchenne muscular dystrophy, the most common and lethal form of muscular dystrophy that primarily affects young boys, to its expanded newborn screening service. CureDuchenne’s partnership with Baebies, along with the large National Institutes of Health SBIR grant awarded to the organization earlier this year, will significantly advance the identification of newborns with Duchenne muscular…

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Harrison’s Fund Launch #Gymexcuse Campaign

The average Brit walks fewer than 1,000 steps per day, just ONE TENTH of the recommended number, according to new research. A nation-wide study of Brits has revealed the true extent to which our lifestyles have become sedentary, with almost 1,000 emerging as the average steps taken per person in the UK, despite advice from doctors and health experts to take at least 10,000 steps daily. One way in which we are particularly relaxed is when it comes to going to the gym or working out – it seems Brits…

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