#247 Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Exon Skipping

In lieu of this episode, I want to provide you with other DNA Today episodes about DMD. 

In Episode #156 I interview Rich Horgan. He opens up about his brother’s experience living with DMD and how it inspired him to start Cure Rare Diseases, which is an organization that focuses on developing personalized treatments for rare diseases. 

In Episode #202 I interview two experts about DMD. Genetic counselor Ann Martin who serves as the VP of Community Research and Genetic Services at Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy. Our other guest is world-renowned geneticist Dr. Madhuri Hegde from Revvity (formerly PerkinElmer Genomics). In this episode we focus on the genetics of DMD and the treatments. 

Stay tuned for the next new episode of DNA Today on August 4th, 2023, where we’ll be discussing urea cycle disorders and specifically OTC deficiency New episodes are released every Friday. In the meantime, you can binge over 245 other episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, streaming on the website, or any other podcast player by searching, “DNA Today”. Episodes since 2021 are also recorded with video which you can watch on our YouTube channel.  

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