IRVINE, CA – Scientist.com, the world’s leading marketplace for scientific services, and Global Genes, a leading global rare disease patient advocacy organization, announced that CureDuchenne won a prize package valued at $50K at the “RARE Battle of the Brains,” a scientific pitch competition held in Irvine, CA on Sept 14, 2017. CureDuchenne is a Newport Beach, CA-based company recognized as a global leader in research, patient care and innovation for improving and extending the lives of children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.