0Context: 02br 02br 00 Muscular dystrophy is a catch-all name for a group of inherited muscle-wasting diseases. Over time, face, arm, leg, spine and heart muscles weaken and wither. Research has traditionally focused on the skeletal muscles, but with increasing life expectancy – now well into 01b00the 20s 02b00– heart failure has become a major cause of death.0-