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One of my patients, Michael, who has spinal muscular atrophy, has continued to experience increased pain and pressure along his coccyx and into his right hip while sitting in his wheelchair all day. He is unable to move his lower extremities independently and is reliant on sitting in…
Read moreBlood levels of creatinine, a byproduct of normal muscle function, may be a potential biomarker of disease severity and treatment response in adults and adolescents with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a study in China shows. Creatinine levels,…
Fertility issues and low sperm counts are common in men with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), particularly in those with more severe disease, according to a study from France. Almost two-thirds (65.9%) of SMA patients had fertility disorders.
A combination of a ready-to-use SMN protein and an experimental treatment targeting the SMN2Â gene, which works in a similar way to Spinraza (nusinersen), eased abnormalities in motor neurons derived from a spinal muscle…
Treatment with OAV101 IT, a formulation of the gene therapy Zolgensma (onasemnogene abeparvovec-xioi) that’s delivered directly into the spinal canal, safely led to motor improvements for children with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type 2 who…
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