Three people with a muscle-destroying disease destined to worsen got a little stronger when an implanted device zapped their ...

Three patients with spinal muscular atrophy had improved muscle strength and could walk farther after a month of daily spinal ...

Study using a new, child-friendly scale found patients up to age 2 had smaller mouth openings than healthy peers, risking ...

Request To Download Free Sample of This Strategic Report @ Introduction Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by the progressive loss of motor neurons, leading to ...

Problems with chemical messengers like dopamine were tied to posture issues in SMA in a mouse study, but levodopa therapy may ...

In a small human trial in SMA patients neurostimulation sessions improved motoneuron function, reduced fatigue, and improved leg muscle strength and walking.

A new drug-free, minimally invasive intervention targets the root cause of progressive loss of neural function in spinal muscle atrophy (SMA), an ...

Boosting communication between the spinal nerves and the muscles using the spinal cord stimulation reverses spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) progression and could be applied to other motoneuron diseases, ...

Camila had a straightforward pregnancy and baby Gabriela arrived seemingly the picture of perfect health. Camila, her husband ...

From February 12, all newborn babies will be offered screening for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a rare progressive neuromuscular disease. SMA will be one of more than 20 other rare disorders ...