Infants with spinal muscular atrophy often have profound swallowing deficits in the first year of life if not treated with disease-modifying therapies. A recent study examined the characteristics, ...

British singer Jesy Nelson recently took to Instagram to share a devastating update about her 8-month-old twin daughters.

The mother of a four-year-old boy with a rare muscle disease says screening newborn babies for the condition could "save ...

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, ...

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a debilitating genetic condition that’s usually fatal by a few years of age. But an intriguing case study might demonstrate a simple new treatment, with a child ...

The singer shared an emotional update about her twins’ health on Sunday and that ‘time is of the essence with this disease’ ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is a genetic disease that severely weakens muscles and causes developmental delays. It affects one in 10,000 American babies in the U.S.

In 2018, SMA genetic screening was added to the Recommended Uniform Screening Panel for newborns in the United States. 5,6 In addition, more states are adding SMA to their newborn screening panel. A ...

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 ...

Panelists discuss how spinal muscular atrophy is an autosomal recessive genetic disease affecting motor neurons with 3 currently approved disease-modifying therapies that restore SMN protein ...

Three patients with spinal muscular atrophy had improved muscle strength and could walk farther after a month of daily spinal stimulation. Spinal stimulation restored muscles wasted by rare genetic ...