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About The Duchenne Research Fund

The Duchenne Research Fund, previously the GM Trust, was established in May 2007 to identify and fund research into finding a cure for the devastating disease that is Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). DMD is a progressive and fatal muscle-wasting disease that currently boasts a 100% fatality rate. It almost exclusively affects boys, causing them to be wheelchair bound by their teens and fighting for their lives in their early twenties. One in every 3,500 baby boys are born with DMD worldwide. In the UK, 100 boys a year are born with DMD and 2 boys die each week of the disease, making it one of the World’s biggest genetic killers. We are committed to looking at any possible route for such a cure and will not stop looking until a cure is found. We will facilitate and fund new research into minority strains of DMD and focus on the exceptions of the condition with the belief that this will hold the key to the cure. The Duchenne Research Fund will continue to raise the funds needed to facilitate this process.