Three patients with spinal muscular atrophy had improved muscle strength and could walk farther after a month of daily spinal ...

Three people with a muscle-destroying disease destined to worsen got a little stronger when an implanted device zapped their ...

How a tiny spinal implant could help those with muscle-wasting disease - Three people with a muscle-destroying disease got ...

A Boston-area biopharmaceutical firm has submitted a biologics license application to the FDA for its investigational, fully ...

In a small human trial in SMA patients neurostimulation sessions improved motoneuron function, reduced fatigue, and improved leg muscle strength and walking.

A new drug-free, minimally invasive intervention targets the root cause of progressive loss of neural function in spinal muscle atrophy (SMA), an inherited neuromuscular disease.

Problems with chemical messengers like dopamine were tied to posture issues in SMA in a mouse study, but levodopa therapy may ...

Whether or not to cover these procedures, and if so, coverage details, should be decided on before their popularity grows.

Sidra Medicine, a member of Qatar Foundation, has established a gene therapy centre to treat rare genetic diseases such as ...

In surveys, parents of children with SMA and healthcare professionals in Sweden note the many ways the pandemic affected ...

The announcement was made at Arab Health 2025 where Sidra Medicine will highlight its international patient service programmes ...