UCLA Center for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

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Center for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Who We Are

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is one of the most common and devastating genetic diseases of childhood, affecting approximately 1 in 5000 boys. Progressive muscle degeneration leads to loss of ambulation by age 12, loss of upper arm use in the teen years, and heart and respiratory failure leading to death in the 20s. 

The Center for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy at UCLA leads the nation in translational science focused on Duchenne and is the first comprehensive Duchenne clinic in the western United states. A leading group of UCLA scientists, clinicians and researchers is poised to achieve significant advances in research, clinical care and treatments for Duchenne that are improving, and will potentially extend, the lives of those afflicted.

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Through the Years

  • A researcher in a white lab coat works in the lab.
  • Young patient with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy sitting in clinic chair.
  • Drs. Carrie Miceli and Stan Nelson smiling at award event.
  • Young man with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy wearing white shirt, smiling at camera.
  • A researcher stands in front of aisles of researching equipment and stations.
  • Dr. Nelson and Miceli at Cure for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, 2015.
  • A researcher stands in front of an auditorium. Engaged students are seen to her right.
  • Two researchers, one in a black blazer and the other in a white labcoat, examine a page in a book.
  • A researcher in a white lab coat work in her lab.
  • A researcher in a white lab coat works in the lab.
  • Young patient with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy sitting in clinic chair.
  • Drs. Carrie Miceli and Stan Nelson smiling at award event.
  • Young man with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy wearing white shirt, smiling at camera.
  • A researcher stands in front of aisles of researching equipment and stations.
  • Dr. Nelson and Miceli at Cure for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, 2015.
  • A researcher stands in front of an auditorium. Engaged students are seen to her right.
  • Two researchers, one in a black blazer and the other in a white labcoat, examine a page in a book.
  • A researcher in a white lab coat work in her lab.