A Litchfield woman is running the Boston Marathon to raise awareness for spinal muscular atrophy and honor her daughter, who defied medical expectations by living beyond her second birthday.

Scotland is now screening every newborn for a condition that can kill within two years. Here is what parents across the UK need to know.

Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) causes progressive muscle weakness and, without treatment, can limit life expectancy to just ...

What is SMA? The rare genetic condition that Jesy Nelson’s twin daughters have - Former Little Mix star revealed her twin ...

Hope Scottish pilot will result in heel prick test for rare genetic condition being approved across Britain ...

A new qualitative participatory study explored how powered mobility (PM), in the form of modified ride-on cars, impacts children with spinal muscular atrophy type 1 (SMA1) and their families. Here are ...

"Decreasing AMMO [active maximal mouth opening] over time is seen most often in patients with SMA type 2 with an estimated reduction of almost 1 mm per year...At this point, we propose that ...

Panelists discuss how the current spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) treatment landscape includes 3 options: gene therapy (onasemnogene abeparvovec [Zolgensma]) for younger patients and 2 splice modifiers ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Topline results from a phase 3 clinical trial showed an ...

SMA is a genetic condition that impacts motor neurons, leading to muscle weakness that affects essential functions like breathing and movement. Treatments like Spinraza and Zolgensma can help manage ...

Five-month-old Ginny was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder called Spinal Muscular Atrophy, which she could die from ...