A 5-year-old boy who was born with a rare genetic condition is now able to walk by himself, his mother has said, after ...

Spinal muscular atrophy affects all the body's muscles. For a long time, it was considered a disease caused solely by the loss of nerve cells in the spinal cord. Now, a research team at Leipzig ...

Spinal muscular atrophy, or SMA, is a rare degenerative muscle disease. Patients are missing the nerve cells in the spine that tell muscles to move. Until now, doctors could only treat symptoms. But a ...

Carlsbad’s Ionis Pharmaceuticals said Wednesday it has earned a $40 million milestone payment from partner Biogen. The payment was for pricing approval of its spinal muscular atrophy drug, Spinraza, ...

NBS programs are fairly new in the U.S., so not much is known about variations among them or about provider practice patterns for newborns with SMA. In a survey of providers and state NBS programs, ...

People with spinal muscle atrophy (SMA), an inherited neuromuscular disease, usually experience muscle weakness that impacts movement. New research suggests that electrical spinal cord stimulation ...

Join the community workshop in Thiruvananthapuram to support families affected by Spinal Muscular Atrophy and learn about the condition.

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and spina bifida are distinct conditions that affect the nerves that allow for voluntary motor control. Share on Pinterest press coverage photography/Getty Images SMA is ...

The loss of muscle mass with increased fat mass in patients with SMA suggests a dietary imbalance between energy intake and expenditure. Dietary modifications have shown some promise in managing SMA, ...

WEST PALM BEACH, FL ― Spinal cord atrophy, as detected on calibrated brain MRI scans, significantly correlates with silent progression of multiple sclerosis (MS) to progressive MS, new research shows.