A woman with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type 3 experienced a mild decline in motor function after pausing Spinraza (nusinersen) during her pregnancy. After she restarted treatment following delivery, however, her motor function stabilized and her walking endurance…
An official decision on whether to approve apitegromab for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in the European Union may hinge on upcoming inspection results from U.S. regulators, biopharmaceutical company Scholar Rock has announced. The…
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I wiped away tears of happiness and hugged my friend Andrea. She was engaged to be married and had just asked me to be her maid of honor. Of course, I said yes with all…
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England is rolling out newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), which will allow all babies born in the country to be tested for the rare genetic disease shortly after birth. According to a government…
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The spinal muscles of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) patients who also have scoliosis show abnormalities in molecular activity, particularly in biological processes that cells use to metabolize sugar molecules and protein building blocks, according to a…
My husband, Randy, and I moved to the North Carolina mountains in the closing hours of 1995. Although our children, Matthew and Katie, who at the time were 10 and 7, respectively, were initially unenthusiastic about…
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