Testing SMA patient DNA with advanced methods like HapSMA can reveal genetic changes that affect how severe the disease is, ...

Motor improvements in SMA adults treated with Spinraza paralleled a boost in electrical impulses along nerves that supply ...

NEW ORLEANS, La. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - Imagine your baby being born healthy and then within months, they start to lose the ...

A genetic counselor should remind them, however, that the disease phenotype is not predictable, and even siblings with the same SMN mutations can have very different outcomes. Genetic testing for ...

It is caused by mutations in the SMN1 gene, resulting in a deficiency of SMN protein, which is critical for muscle function. Evrysdi is an oral survival motor neuron 2 (SMN2) splicing modifier ...

The rare disease SMA stems from a mutation in the survival motor neuron 1 (SMN) gene, which codes ... Lab safety rules dictate that one must tie back long hair. Rosemarie Hansen learned the hard way ...

The disease results from a mutation to the ‘survival motor neurone’ (SMN) gene, causing a significant decrease in the expression of SMN protein. A Saudi research team led by Mohammed Zourob ...