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 ...
Boosting communication between the spinal nerves and the muscles using the spinal cord stimulation reverses spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) progression and could be applied to other motoneuron diseases, ...
A new spinal cord implant may help people with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) regain some muscle function, giving the ...
An experimental treatment that stimulates the spinal cord may help people with a paralyzing genetic disorder called spinal muscular atrophy.
In a small human trial in SMA patients neurostimulation sessions improved motoneuron function, reduced fatigue, and improved leg muscle strength and walking.
More research is needed to confirm gray matter, the darker tissue found in the brain and spinal cord, “as a potential disease ...
A new drug-free, minimally invasive intervention targets the root cause of progressive loss of neural function in spinal muscle atrophy (SMA), an ...
From February 12, all newborn babies will be offered screening for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a rare progressive neuromuscular disease. SMA will be one of more than 20 other rare disorders ...
A Boston-area biopharmaceutical firm has submitted a biologics license application to the FDA for its investigational, fully ...
Electrical stimulation of the spinal cord strengthened the muscles of three people with spinal muscular atrophy, a rare motor neuron disease.