An infant with a fatal genetic disease has survived past the age of 2 with no signs of the condition, thanks to treatment ...

A two-and-a-half-year-old girl shows no signs of a rare genetic disorder, after becoming the first person to be treated for ...

New research suggests that electrical spinal cord stimulation could improve muscle function for patients who have spinal ...

A new electrical stimulation therapy for spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) has shown promise in reactivating motor neurons and ...

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine researchers have discovered a dual regulatory mechanism safeguarding ...

A neurosurgeon and a neuroscientist discover promising new ways to help people with spinal cord injuries walk again ...

"To counteract neurodegeneration, we need two things—stop neuron death and restore function ... by transmitting signals from the brain and the spinal cord to the muscles. Over time, the loss of motor ...

Doctors diagnosed Carmen Lopez with spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) at birth, a rare genetic disorder that affects motor neurons ...

Electrical stimulation of the spinal cord strengthened the muscles of three people with spinal muscular atrophy, a rare motor neuron disease.

A toddler was successfully treated for a rare genetic disease, spinal muscular atrophy, after world-first in-womb therapy.

"To counteract neurodegeneration, we need two things—stop neuron death and ... from the brain and the spinal cord to the muscles. Over time, the loss of motor neurons causes gradual muscle ...

An experimental treatment that stimulates the spinal cord may help people with a paralyzing ... until that time is that this is really a motor neuron disease, and if you fix the motor neurons ...