Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy, by Steven Trowern

Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy

Washington-area financial expert Steven Trowern sits on the Executive Committee for Hope for Gus, a charity dedicated to finding a cure for Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy.

Steve Trowern and his fellow committee members work to increase the pace of research in order to improve the lives of children with this condition and combat misconceptions about the disease.

Washington-area financial expert Steven Trowern sits on the Executive Committee for Hope for Gus, a charity dedicated to finding a cure for Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy.

Steve Trowern and his fellow committee members work to increase the pace of research in order to improve the lives of children with this condition and combat misconceptions about the disease.

Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy

People who have Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy grow weaker, not stronger, as they age.

Doctors usually diagnose the disease when a patient is between the ages of three and five.

People who have Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy grow weaker, not stronger, as they age.

Doctors usually diagnose the disease when a patient is between the ages of three and five.

Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy

Most people who suffer from the disease are wheelchair-bound by the time they are 12 and succumb by age 25 as their heart and diaphragm muscles cease to function.

One in 3,600 boys born in America suffers from Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy.

Most people who suffer from the disease are wheelchair-bound by the time they are 12 and succumb by age 25 as their heart and diaphragm muscles cease to function.

One in 3,600 boys born in America suffers from Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy.

Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy

The disease is X-linked and recessive.

A girl who has the gene on one of her X chromosomes will be a carrier but suffer no ill effects herself.

The disease is X-linked and recessive.

A girl who has the gene on one of her X chromosomes will be a carrier but suffer no ill effects herself.

Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy

Since boys have only one X chromosome, if they have the defective gene, they will have the disease.

Currently, there is no cure.

Since boys have only one X chromosome, if they have the defective gene, they will have the disease.

Currently, there is no cure.

Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy

Research into genetic and stem cell therapies for Duchenne’s looks promising, but clinical applications are a long way off.

Organizations like Hope for Gus raise funds for research and awareness in order to increase the speed at which these treatments become available to patients.

Research into genetic and stem cell therapies for Duchenne’s looks promising, but clinical applications are a long way off.

Organizations like Hope for Gus raise funds for research and awareness in order to increase the speed at which these treatments become available to patients.