Findings from a recent study in the Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases demonstrate the effectiveness of disease-modifying treatments (DMTs) in infants with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). The study's ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . At 5 years, 91% of pediatric patients treated with Evrysdi were alive, 81% without permanent ventilation. Data ...

"The most apparent take-away from the study findings is that a model of developmental therapy focusing on frequency, intensity, and variability of activity, exercise, and self-driven exploration may ...

But for Brooklyn, who lives with spinal muscular atrophy, or SMA, a rare genetic condition that affects muscle strength and ...

Oral risdiplam (Evrysdi, Genentech) started in the first 6 weeks of life let most infants with presymptomatic spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) reach motor milestones typical of healthy babies, results of ...

SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Nov. 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Cure SMA, the leading nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting those impacted by spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), welcomes the FDA approval of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . At the time of last follow up, 82.6% of children born with SMA type 1 from 2016 on were still alive. Of the 140 ...

"Our preliminary findings show that German children with SMA, despite significant physical disability, have surprisingly good subjective HRQoL." – Erik Landfeldt, MSc, PhD Previous studies have found ...

Treatment with onasemnogene abeparvovec gene therapy for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type 1 was associated with less need for nutritional support or nighttime ventilation compared to recommended ...

SMA type 2, previously known as Dubowitz disease, is a hereditary disease that affects motor neurons. It typically becomes noticeable around the ages of 6 to 18 months, when children with the ...

Spinal muscular atrophy is a rare genetic disease of the nerve cells in the spinal cord that can appear as early as infancy. The disease leads to a progressive loss of muscle strength. Those affected ...