Author Archives: Patricia Inacio, PhD

SMA Europe online tool helps patients find clinical trials

SMA Europe has launched an online tool designed to help patients, doctors, and others in the spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) community more easily explore ongoing clinical trials across Europe and worldwide. The organization said it aims…

Video game may boost physical activity in children with SMA

The “Tales from the Magic Keep” exergame — a video game that uses body movements to promote physical activity — proved to be a feasible and engaging home-based tool for children and adolescents with spinal muscular…

Spinraza helps restore key amino acid imbalance in severe SMA

Spinraza (nusinersen) helps correct a key amino acid deficiency in people with a severe form of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a study has found. Researchers found that the treatment restores levels of L-arginine, an amino…