For most young people celebrating a birthday is an exciting milestone. Although, for people with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), these birthday milestones take on a whole new meaning.  Living with...

There is a big difference in a “treatment” and a “cure”. This is something we learned early on as Ryan began receiving adult stem cell treatments. Many people assumed that…

Our founder Blake Benton explains why birthdays
for boys with Duchenne are a scary reality, although when given the gift of
stem cell therapy boys can still have a chance to live a life they’ve always
dreamed of.

Ryan Benton received the first FDA exemption to be treated in the United States using mesenchymal adult stem cells derived from umbilical cord tissue, paving the way for others to...