Advancells - Stem Cell Therapy for Muscular Dystrophy

Muscular dystrophy is a group of disorders, characterized by progressive degeneration of skeletal muscles and muscle weakness. There are nine different types of dystrophies and all of them are associated with the faulty gene dystrophin that creates a defect in muscle protein, leading to progressive damage of muscle cells and tissue. Most of these muscular dystrophies are multi-system disorders with manifestations in different systems of the body, such as the cardiovascular system, gastrointestinal system, nervous system, endocrine system, etc. Thus, children with muscular dystrophy typically succumb to paralysis and eventually death in their early twenties due to respiratory failure and cardiac complications. In the majority of the cases, the symptoms are apparent in early childhood by the age of 3-5 years, when the child has difficulty in walking and controlling body movements.