FRIDAY, Sept. 19, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Every movement we make, whether walking, speaking or even breathing, depends on the health of our muscles and nerves.

For people living with one of the more than 300 rare conditions known as neuromuscular diseases (NMDs), those everyday actions can become extraordinary challenges.

While these diseases such as muscular dystrophies, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), myotonic dystrophy, oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD), ataxias and limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) can cause muscle weakness, loss of mobility and breathing problems, the pace of research is bringing new hope.

For most of human history, people living with neuromuscular diseases have had few, if any, treatment options.

Today, dozens o

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