Defeat Duchenne Canada: 2023 Research Grant Update - Dr. Sachiko Sato

Thanks to our donors and supporters, Defeat Duchenne Canada has been the leading funder of Duchenne muscular dystrophy research in Canada for more than 29 years, granting $17.73 million to date.
Hear an update from Dr. Sachiko Sato from Université Laval in Quebec City, Quebec, who is in her third and final year of funding from Defeat Duchenne Canada for her project: 'Development of a Monosaccharide Therapy Using N-Acetylglucosamine to Mitigate Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.’
Learn more at: defeatduchenne.ca/research-we-fund

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Given the preliminairy conclusions, I would like to add that NAG (N acetyl glucosamine) is in 100% pure form readily available everywhere. A 20 Kg kid should take about 2 grams per day. This translates into monthly costs of about 20-25 dollars. Another thougt of mine is that this is not directed at the underlying problems with Duchenne. It probably helps a lot but NAG would have the same mechanism in any muscle. So we can wonder how people who are losing muscle strength, like elderly, could profit from this substance.