Spinal muscular atrophy is a rare, genetic condition that causes progressive muscle weakness and loss of movement, and can ...

SMA is a rare, inherited condition that causes progressive muscle weakness, affecting movement, breathing and swallowing. Without treatment, the condition can lead to severe disability and, in its ...

Medicines watchdog approves two treatments for patients with spinal muscular atrophy ...

The family of a three-year-old girl with a rare muscle disease are facing a bill of £7,000 for adaptations to their home.

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 ...

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers carrying out a small pilot clinical trial demonstrating that a drug-free, minimally invasive intervention targets the root cause of progressive ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Spinal muscular atrophy affects the nerves that control muscle movement, leading to progressive weakening. As a result, infants ...

Pop star Jesy Nelson has backed calls for routine screening, as Oxford University launches a study to help infants with ...

If approved, Itvisma (intrathecal onasemnogene?abeparvovec) will be first and only gene replacement therapy for children two years and older, teens and adults with SMA in the European UnionItvisma dem ...

Medcare Royal Speciality Hospital (MRSH) in Dubai has become the world’s first hospital outside the USA, to offer a newly ...