Emma Ciafaloni, MD, FAAN, explores the groundbreaking approval of onasemnogene abeparvovec-xioi for spinal muscular atrophy and its impact on the treatment paradigm for this rare disease. This is a ...

A positive effect of nusinersen treatment on motor function in ambulant pediatric and adult spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) patients during a 38-month period has been demonstrated by an analysis of data ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The study examined 26 newborns with spinal muscular atrophy given Evrysdi. Data showed 81% of babies were able ...

More than two years after the Government committed to adding SMA to newborn testing, families are still waiting ...

What is SMA? The rare genetic condition that Jesy Nelson’s twins have - Former Little Mix star revealed her twin daughters had been diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Type 1 ...

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a leading cause of infant mortality. Most cases of the disease are caused by mutations in a gene called SMN1 that reduce the production of functional SMN protein, ...

MISSISSAUGA, ON, April 15, 2021 /CNW/ - Hoffmann-La Roche Limited (Roche Canada) today announced that Health Canada has granted EVRYSDI Ⓡ (risdiplam) market authorization for the treatment of spinal ...

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, ...

"Monumental" is how Ashley E. Webb, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Child & Adolescent Neurology Neuromuscular Program Director, UTHealth, University of Texas Health ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Treatment Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis Report By Route of Administration (Oral, Intrathecal), By Treatment (Gene Therapy, Drug), By ...