The February 20, 2008 issue of the New York Times featured a front-page article entitled, “Lacking Cure, a New Tack on a Muscle Disease”. The article provides an overview of the status of various approaches to the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy and the work towards establishing a consistent standard of care for the disease. It highlights that without a cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), doctors are now focusing on managing the disease by "making better use of available therapies to eke out longer lives for their patients." Rather than concentrate only on a cure, some researchers are now intent on developing drugs that may alleviate the effects of the disease.

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