June 30, 2022

PPMD Submits RUSP Nomination Package for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

PPMD’s Duchenne Newborn Screening efforts have reached an incredible milestone. Today, PPMD submitted a nomination package to add Duchenne to the Recommended Uniform Screening Panel (RUSP), requesting Duchenne be a condition recommended for nationwide Newborn…

Learn More

October 6, 2021

PPMD Completes Successful Pilot in Newborn Screening for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

PPMD’s Newborn Screening Pilot recently completed two years of ground-breaking recruitment. More than 36,000 families consented to participate and more than 36,000 babies have been screened for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in New York State. As…

Learn More

November 10, 2020

PPMD’s Ground-Breaking Effort: An Update After One Year of Our Newborn Screening Pilot for Duchenne

14,000 Babies Tested in Partnership with New York State and NBSTRN; Data Presented at Association of Public Health Laboratories Newborn Screening Virtual Symposium Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD) today announced that our Newborn Screening Pilot…

Learn More

August 20, 2020

PPMD’s Duchenne Newborn Screening Pilot in the Spotlight

PPMD’s Newborn Screening Pilot was recently highlighted at the Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children (ACHDNC) meeting. The ACHDNC advises the US Department of Health and Human Services Secretary about which conditions…

Learn More

December 12, 2019

FDA Authorizes First Test to Aid in Newborn Screening for Duchenne

Today, the FDA authorized the marketing of the first test to aid in newborn screening for Duchenne. As you know, PPMD has been leading the effort for newborn screening in Duchenne. In October, the first…

Learn More

October 1, 2019

First Baby Tested Via Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy’s Newborn Screening Pilot

Today, our community’s collective efforts have led to an incredible milestone for PPMD’s Duchenne Newborn Screening Pilot in New York State. Today, the first babies are being SCREENED for Duchenne. This is a significant milestone…

Learn More

September 26, 2018

PPMD Continues Commitment to Duchenne Newborn Screening through Launch of Pilot in New York State

– PPMD Continues Commitment to U.S. Duchenne Newborn Screening Program – For the last 4 years, PPMD has been leading a national effort to build a Newborn Screening (NBS) infrastructure for Duchenne in the U.S. aimed…

Learn More