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 ...

Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh Khalifa Medical City has become the first hospital globally to administer ITVISMA, a one-time gene therapy ...

Spinal muscle atrophyorspinal muscular atrophy(SMA) is a genetic disorder that can affect babies, children, and adults. A person with this disorder will feel weak in some parts of the body, especially ...

The newly licensed intrathecal gene therapy expands life-changing treatment options for children and adults affected by ...

The newly licensed intrathecal gene therapy expands life-changing treatment options for children and adults affected by SMA ...

WASHINGTON — Three people with a muscle-destroying disease destined to worsen got a little stronger – able to stand and walk more easily – when an implanted device zapped their spinal cord. On ...

Living with a rare disease can be incredibly isolating, not just for those affected but for their families as well. For individuals with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a genetic condition that weakens ...

A Dubai hospital has delivered a pioneering gene therapy treatment to a three-year-old boy with spinal muscular atrophy, in ...

MRI and ultrasound techniques can be used to diagnose the condition; but the former is not best suited to the examination of young children, and the latter cannot detect specific biomarkers of ...

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 ...

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, ...