A spine-zapping implant helped 3 people with a muscle-wasting disease walk better
Three people with a muscle-destroying disease destined to worsen got a little stronger when an implanted device zapped their ...
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Spinal Zap Implant Helps Muscle Disease Patients Regain Strength
A new spinal cord implant may help people with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) regain some muscle function, giving the ...
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Spinal Cord Stimulation Improves Leg Strength and Walking in Adults with Spinal Muscular Atrophy
In a small human trial in SMA patients neurostimulation sessions improved motoneuron function, reduced fatigue, and improved leg muscle strength and walking.
How a tiny spinal implant could help those with muscle-wasting disease
How a tiny spinal implant could help those with muscle-wasting disease - Three people with a muscle-destroying disease got ...
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FDA receives biologics license application for apitegromab in spinal muscular atrophy
A Boston-area biopharmaceutical firm has submitted a biologics license application to the FDA for its investigational, fully ...
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Customs duty exemption in Budget for cancer drugs, rare diseases including SMA
while the rest comprise of medicines to treat rare diseases including spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), among others. Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has proposed exempting 36 life saving drugs ...
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Mouth opening unusually small in youngest SMA patients, study finds
Study using a new, child-friendly scale found patients up to age 2 had smaller mouth openings than healthy peers, risking ...
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Roche takes on pricey rivals as FDA approves SMA drug
Evrysdi is the third treatment approved for SMA, an ultra-rare muscle wasting disease that can begin in early childhood, after Biogen’s Spinraza (nusinersen) and Novartis’ Zolgensma ...
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Novartis closes on EU approval for SMA gene therapy Zolgensma
SMA is a rare and often fatal genetic disease that causes muscle weakness and progressive loss of movement. Approximately 550 to 600 infants are born with SMA in Europe each year. Now, the CHMP ...