Muscle Week: “Sarcopenia is a major public health issue”
On the occasion of the second edition of Muscle Week, labeled Grande Cause Nationale 2024, organized by AFM-Téléthon and the ...
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Telethon: what is gene therapy?
On the occasion of the Telethon, Serge Braun, scientific director of the AFM-Téléthon, explains to us what gene therapy is. ...
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Telethon: what has it been for 35 years?
© Shutterstock / GERARD BOTTINORare diseases, the number of which is estimated at between 6,000 and 8,000, affect 1 in ...
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A promising therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
A first child has started to receive treatment as part of the gene therapy trial conducted by the Téléthon laboratory. ...
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Coronavirus: the European Union raises 7.4 billion euros for a vaccine
During a global telethon, the European Union collected 7.4 billion euros on Monday May 4 to manufacture a vaccine against ...
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Telethon 2020: let’s continue to advance research against rare diseases!
© Getty Images/MascotThe Telethon celebrates its 34th edition on December 4 and 5, 2020. The opportunity to take stock of ...
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Telethon: 3 things to know about Duchenne muscular dystrophy
© Getty ImagesDuchenne muscular dystrophy mainly affects boys.Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a rare disease that affects around 2,500 people in ...
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Telethon: controversy over animal research
The animal defense association Peta attacks the Telethon and denounces the use of dogs in research on myopathy. With controversial ...
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Telethon: 3 things to know about Duchenne muscular dystrophy
The 31st edition of the Telethon was inaugurated this Friday, December 8. More than 30 hours are devoted to collecting ...
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a hope for treatment thanks to the Telethon
© iStockPhotosA Franco-British team of researchers funded by Telethon donations has just discovered a promising gene therapy in the treatment ...
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Telethon 2018: beating the disease is finally possible!
© Getty ImagesThe Telethon is back! This Saturday December 7 and Sunday December 8, 2018, the AFM-Telethon association is mobilizing ...
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Telethon: pledges exceed 80 million euros
After 30 hours of live television, the AFM-Telethon managed to collect more than 80 million euros in donations. A mobilization ...
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Telethon: more than 80 million euros raised
© istockThe illuminated towers in several cities such as Grenoble, Marseille, Rouen, Nantes and Paris will remain as the strong ...
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Telethon: it’s this weekend
For 27 years, the first weekend of December has been devoted to a real charity television marathon, which raises the ...
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Telethon 2014: the French even more generous than in 2013
The 28th edition of the telethon was a real success. In 2013, the Telethon had posted 78.3 million pledges at ...
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Telethon 2015: exceptional fundraising of 94 million euros
With 94 million collected, the figures of the Telethon 2015 are "exceptional". This result is based on increased mobilization on ...
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Telethon: we no longer stop gene therapy!
Vision diseases: a first trial on 9 patientsIt is to treat a rare disease of the retina, congenital Leber's amaurosis, ...
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Telethon 2015: a harvest of over 80 million euros
This year again, the Telethon raised more than 80 million donations. A real ray of hope for all the families ...
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Telethon: from association to the production of therapies
The Telethon has created its own laboratories grouped together within the Institute of Biotherapies for Rare Diseases. Its mission is ...
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The Telethon is 25 years old and what results!
What exactly are the missions of the AFM?The association supports research and information on rare diseases and genetic diseases, which ...
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30 years of the Telethon: how it has advanced research
© iStockPhotosOrganized by the AFM (Association française contre les myopathies) since 1987, the Telethon is one of the largest popular ...
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Telethon 2014: nearly 93 million euros raised
The AFM-Telethon has published the figures of its last fundraising. Result: nearly 93 million euros in donations collected in 2014. ...
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Telethon: thanks to donations Léo takes part in a clinical trial and walks!
© ThinkstockThe verdict came when he was only two and a half years old. Léo Decobert, now 10 years old, ...
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The 29th edition of the Telethon
In 2014, the 28th Telethon ended Saturday night with more than 82 million euros in pledges, more than in 2012 ...
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Telethon: a 2020 edition disrupted by the epidemic
Created in 1987, the 34th edition of the Telethon starts this Friday 4 evening and will end this Saturday 5 ...
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Telethon: major successes in cystic fibrosis
Life expectancy increases, general health improves. In cystic fibrosis, hope is at the rendezvous according to the results of a ...
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Telethon: more than 82 million euros in pledges
More than 82 million euros in pledges. The generosity of the French has hit the mark again. The donations will ...
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Telethon: therapeutic trials against rare diseases
Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Sanfilippo B disease, Fanconi anemia: these rare diseases could soon have a treatment, thanks to the donations ...
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Telethon 2017: donations are down
© iStockAfter 30 hours of live television in favor of research on rare diseases, the giant screen on the set ...
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The Telethon raised 94 million euros in 2015
© DRThe figures have just fallen: this Thursday, March 24, 2016, the AFM-Telethon (an association which fights against "genetic, rare ...
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