F or the first time ever, doctors have treated a rare genetic disease known as spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in the womb – ...
The US FDA has approved a new drug application for a tablet version of Evrysdi (risdiplam) for people living with spinal muscular atrophy.
An infant with a fatal genetic disease has survived past the age of 2 with no signs of the condition, thanks to treatment ...
The evolution of functional assessments for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) highlights the challenges of adapting pediatric ...
Hyporeflexia is the reduction or absence of the body's normal reflexes. It is caused by the disruptions of signals from nerve cells of the spinal cord (called motor neurons) to skeletal muscles that ...
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan has penned a second open letter to Army Chief General Asim Munir, following up on a previous letter aimed at addressing the growing divide between the military and ...
Yet over the month-long pilot study, “they were getting better and better.” Spinal muscle atrophy or SMA is a genetic disease that gradually destroys motor neurons, nerve cells in the spinal ...
Daily electrical stimulation of certain nerves in the spinal cord appeared to help three people with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), an inherited disorder that causes muscles to waste away. The ...
Electrical stimulation of the spinal cord strengthened the muscles of three people with spinal muscular atrophy, a rare motor neuron disease.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- A new spinal cord implant may help people with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) regain some muscle function, giving them stronger movement and improved walking ...
This image from video provided by UPMC and University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences shows Doug McCullough, who has spinal muscular atrophy, during tests of experimental spinal cord stimulation to ...