Jaquelyn M Villalba

Human iPSC-based skeletal muscle model of LAMA2-related congenital muscular dystrophy

Congenital muscular dystrophies (CMDs) are rare, devastating pediatric conditions with no specific treatment or cure. The most common form, LAMA2-related CMD, or LAMA2-CMD (previously known as merosin-deficiency and MDC type 1 A), is caused by myofiber instability from loss of th...