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

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

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 ...

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, ...

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

"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 ...

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

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 restore function ... by transmitting signals from the brain and the spinal cord to the muscles. Over time, the loss of ...

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

“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 ...