Progressive muscular atrophy (PMA) is clinically characterized solely by signs of lower motor neuron dysfunction, so patients with this condition are commonly excluded from ALS clinical trials.

Progressive Muscular Atrophy, Spinal Macular Atrophy Kennedy's disease, and Post-polio Syndrome," said Dr Wendo. Messages or signals from nerve cells in the brain's upper motor neurons are ...

Problems with chemical messengers like dopamine were tied to posture issues in SMA in a mouse study, but levodopa therapy may ease symptoms.

Symptoms include a loss of motor neurons, atrophy of the voluntary muscles of the limbs and trunk, and progressive muscle ...

The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) has selected Lily Sander from Charlotte, North Carolina, as its 2025 MDA National ...

The health activists argue that the government is empowered with effective law and policy tools and therefore should ...

An investigational higher dose of spinal muscular atrophy drug nusinersen gains attention as the FDA and European Medicines ...

Five more rare diseases have been identified in the country, making the total number of rare diseases reach 456, according to ...

A woman with SMA type 3 became pregnant while on Spinraza treatment and gave birth to a healthy child, per a case report.

Sidra Medicine, a member of Qatar Foundation, has established a gene therapy centre to treat rare genetic diseases such as ...

Health activists demand government action to reduce the cost of SMA medicines, citing constitutional obligations and ...