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 ...

Kaitlin Batley, MD, a pediatric neurologist at Children’s Health and assistant professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center, highlights recent advancements and ongoing clinical trials in the spinal ...

"Managing pain in patients with SMA begins with the recognition that there are predictable etiologies leading to pain in SMA and investigating them during each medical visit is important to implement ...

Spinal muscular atrophy affects all the body's muscles. For a long time, it was considered a disease caused solely by the ...

(WNDU) - Imagine your baby being born healthy, and then within months, they start to lose the ability to move their arms and legs, fingers, and toes. This is what happens to infants born with spinal ...

SMA type 2, previously known as Dubowitz disease, is a hereditary disease that affects motor neurons. It typically becomes noticeable around the ages of 6 to 18 months, when children with the ...

Kaitlin Batley, MD, a pediatric neurologist at Children’s Health and assistant professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center, discusses the importance of multidisciplinary care in spinal muscular ...

Emma, a third-grader with big plans for her future, received a groundbreaking treatment at just the right time.

As their 8-month-old daughter prepares for gene therapy treatment, a Coon Rapids family is bracing for three months of ...

"The benefits of newborn screening identified in the study presented here encompass not only the achievement of motor milestones, but also a reduced need for ventilator support or tube feeding and a ...

When we think about genetic diseases, the ones that usually come to mind are cystic fibrosis, Fragile X and, of course, Tay-Sachs disease. One disease that many people are not aware of is spinal ...