The latest understandings in SMA disease type, severity, and progression. Plus, how to make an accurate diagnosis and ...

After 5 years on oral treatment Evrysdi, 90% of children with SMA type 1 were alive, and many reached motor milestones, a ...

The one-time gene therapy Itvisma will now be available for people with SMA of all ages in the European Union after winning ...

Muscle ultrasound helps assess muscle health and its association with motor function in SMA children treated with Spinraza, a ...

Columnist Helen Baldwin says she learned this lesson when her third baby, Jeffrey, was born with SMA in the late 1990s.

I don’t talk to my ex anymore. For the sake of this column, I will have to let her know about it as a courtesy. But as far as a daily choice goes, it’s not one I make anymore. Readers who’ve kept up ...

Share this page with email Share this page on Facebook Share this page on X Share this page on Reddit Print Preferred Source on Google A former caregiver and friend once told me that she’d never spent ...

Weak bones in SMA may be due to impaired muscle-to-bone communication. This disruption could be tied to the SNAP23 protein. Restoring SNAP23 or replenishing these vesicles shows promise for improving ...

SMA involves insufficient SMN protein, leading to motor neuron issues, metabolic problems, and oxidative stress. Omaveloxolone, an existing drug, increased anti-stress proteins and SMN levels in ...

A study in adults with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) found that Evrysdi (risdiplam) helps the body produce more functional SMN protein, and also revealed molecular differences between SMA types 2 and ...

Share this page with email Share this page on Facebook Share this page on X Share this page on Reddit Print Preferred Source on Google SMA Europe is seeking research proposals to better understand SMA ...

Columnist Brianna Albers says that moving out of her long-time home with SMA has turned out to be her biggest gamble yet.