The jury’s still out. In a survey of state newborn screening programs for spinal muscular atrophy, researchers found that testing and tracking protocols varied among states, and that patients ...

The desire for a minimally invasive technique to restore intervertebral disc height for indirect decompression and sagittal ...

The mutation that causes Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) can be detected in a prenatal screen. But a parent's decision to test for this terrible disease is not as easy as you would think.

More research is needed to confirm gray matter, the darker tissue found in the brain and spinal cord, “as a potential disease ...

Considering taking supplements to treat spinal muscular atrophy? Below is a list of common natural remedies used to treat or reduce the symptoms of spinal muscular atrophy. Follow the links to ...

One such condition is Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a genetic disorder affecting infants and young children, impacting their movement and muscle function. SMA is a genetic disorder of movement ...

Back to Healio Topline results from a phase 3 clinical trial showed an investigational gene therapy for young people with spinal muscular atrophy type 2 increased mobility and slowed disease ...

Pulmonary function was correlated with patient age and degree of thoracic scoliosis ... early spinal instrumentation and fusion is advocated in the patient with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

The Amsterdam-based biotech firm said that its melt curve analysis-based test is used as a first-tier genetic screening tool to aid the diagnosis of SMA.

Health activists and patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) have refuted the Central government’s affidavit in the Kerala High Court and demanded urgent action to reduce the cost of ...