New Duchenne muscular dystrophy treatment 'ready in five years' - BBC News: "A new treatment for a rare muscle wasting disease could be available within five years, an Oxford University researcher has said.
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) affects about 2,500 boys and men in the UK, leaving them unable to move.
Professor Kay Davies said trials of a drug to increase levels of the protein utrophin, to maintain the muscles, would start later this year.
She told Oxfordshire Science Festival it could help sufferers worldwide.
"Duchenne is horrible for these boys. They normally get diagnosed at the age of four of five, and they suffer from a progressive muscle wastage which leaves them in a wheelchair by the age of 12," she said.
"Somewhere in the next five years, we will be able to do something for these boys, to stop them from going into a wheelchair, and perhaps prolong their life and improve their quality of life."
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