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AFM-Telethon is a patients' organisation fighting neuromuscular diseases, rare genetic disorders that kill muscle after muscle. Its primary goal : to conquer the disease.

Myobase is a document portal dedicated to neuromuscular diseases and motor disabilities, published by the documentation department at the French Muscular Dystrophy Association. It gives access to over 60,000 documents. 

Thanks to your donations, research is moving forwards, the first treatments have arrived and care and support for people affected by rare diseases has improved. Your donations drive the victories of AFM-Telethon!  

AFM-Telethon is battling on all fronts, from access to diagnosis and appropriate treatment to close support, giving priority to the search for innovative solutions and a response to the needs of patients. 

Encouraging innovation, creating pathways between academic research and private research, supporting those involved in developing the drug: the AFM-Telethon is investing to speed up the arrival of innovative biotherapies. 

To accelerate the development of innovative treatments for rare diseases, the AFM-Telethon has created its own laboratories. Devoted to gene therapy of rare diseases (Genethon), to stem cells (I-Stem) and to myology (Institute of myology), they are now international leaders in their field. Located within the Institute for rare disease biotherapies, the Association’s three laboratories play a major role in the medical revolution.   

Innovation in scientifical, medical, social and technological fields, AFM-Telethon is a pioneer in the research and support to improve patients’ lives. Three missions are at the heart of its action: Cure, Care, Communicate.

The French Muscular Dystrophy Association (AFM-Telethon) is an association of activists, patients and parents of patients, affected by rare, progressive and significantly disabling genetic diseases, known as genetic neuromuscular diseases. It was created out of a conviction and a desire, to cure diseases that were long considered to be incurable. AFM-Telethon is also the Telethon, a fundraising event which brought rare diseases out of scientific and medical obscurity and triggered a three-fold revolution: genetic, social and medical.  

From genome maps to the discovery of the genes responsible for diseases, an entire sector of world medicine has made a spectacular leap forward, thanks to the determination of AFM-Telethon families, and the momentum of the Telethon.