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

An experimental treatment that stimulates the spinal cord may help people with a paralyzing genetic disorder called spinal muscular atrophy.

Electrical stimulation of the spinal cord strengthened the muscles of three people with spinal muscular atrophy, a rare motor neuron disease.

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.

An experimental treatment that stimulates the spinal ... Doug McCullough was 11 when he was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy, or SMA, a disorder that kills off motor neurons in the spinal ...

Meanwhile, about 98 percent of newborns are screened using the heel prick test - and now all the samples will also be tested for spinal muscular atrophy. National Public Health Service director Dr ...

Novartis' gene therapy portfolio includes spinal muscular atrophy treatment Zolgensma (onasemnogene abeparvovec) – used to treat upwards of 3,400 patients worldwide with third-quarter sales of $ ...

Meanwhile, Biogen is facing challenges elsewhere, notably with its stalled Alzheimer's therapy Aduhelm (aducanumab) and spinal muscular atrophy treatment Spinraza (nusinersen), which is seeing ...

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- A new spinal cord implant may help people with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) regain some muscle ... continued to feel stronger for a while after treatment, ...