Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a genetic neuromuscular disease affecting specialized nerve cells that control voluntary muscle movement, according to the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). It can ...

"Managing pain in patients with SMA begins with the recognition that there are predictable etiologies leading to pain in SMA and investigating them during each medical visit is important to implement ...

SMA type 2, previously known as Dubowitz disease, is a hereditary disease that affects motor neurons. It typically becomes noticeable around the ages of 6 to 18 months, when children with the ...

Imagine a child born in a family with a rare disease, whose treatment would cost more than 17 crore for a single dose. The ...

(WNDU) - Imagine your baby being born healthy, and then within months, they start to lose the ability to move their arms and legs, fingers, and toes. This is what happens to infants born with spinal ...

Gene therapy is linked to better nonmotor outcomes in spinal muscular atrophy type 1 compared to first-line nusinersen, new ...

Spinal muscular atrophy affects all the body’s muscles. For a long time, it was considered a disease caused solely by the loss of nerve cells in the spinal cord. Now, a research team at Leipzig ...

Kaitlin Batley, MD, a pediatric neurologist at Children’s Health and assistant professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center, highlights recent advancements and ongoing clinical trials in the spinal ...

"The benefits of newborn screening identified in the study presented here encompass not only the achievement of motor milestones, but also a reduced need for ventilator support or tube feeding and a ...

This "Spinal Muscular Atrophy Medicine Market" offers an all-inclusive analysis of regional and global markets based on growth prospects and this entire report is of 102 pages. The Spinal Muscular ...

When we think about genetic diseases, the ones that usually come to mind are cystic fibrosis, Fragile X and, of course, Tay-Sachs disease. One disease that many people are not aware of is spinal ...