Scientists conducted a cross-sectional study on the endocrine manifestations of 29 adults with SMA types 2, 3, or 4, at a ...

A move to a new home is not without challenges, but installing a vertical platform lift solves a big one, columnist Ari ...

The babies were treated before symptom onset, and are sitting, standing, and walking independently, many consistent with ...

As his 31st birthday approaches, columnist Kevin Schaefer reflects on how he goes at his own pace while living with SMA.

Columnist Helen Baldwin describes the destruction from Hurricane Helene and comments on the resilient spirit of people facing ...

Scientists compared the CASMA screening approach against standard methods, and found it better at detecting problems in genes ...

Sensing her need to connect with others in the disability community, columnist Jasmine Ramos created The Friendship Circle.

“Alyssa, this is the best you’ve ever looked to me,” my gastroenterologist recently exclaimed during a routine appointment. Though I hadn’t felt my best internally, I took her word for it. After all, ...

Apitegromab met the main goal of boosting motor function over a year of treatment in young people with SMA type 2 or 3 in the ...

A high-dose regimen of SMA treatment Spinraza benefits for previously treated and untreated SMA patients of all ages, per ...

Halsey Blocher is a young woman who was diagnosed with SMA Type 1 in 1999 after a blood test revealed a deletion of the survival motor neuron gene. She now lives with her loving family in Fort Wayne, ...

Babies born prematurely were diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) through newborn screening programs (NBS) in Germany and, in most cases, started on treatment before disease symptoms emerged, ...