An experimental treatment that stimulates the spinal cord may help people with a paralyzing genetic disorder called spinal muscular atrophy.

Three patients with spinal muscular atrophy had improved muscle strength and could walk farther after a month of daily spinal ...

Three people with a muscle-destroying disease destined to worsen got a little stronger — able to stand and walk more easily — ...

Electrical stimulation of the spinal cord strengthened the muscles of three people with spinal muscular atrophy, a rare motor neuron disease.

Boosting communication between the spinal nerves and the muscles using the spinal cord stimulation reverses spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) progression and could be applied to other motoneuron diseases, ...

A new spinal cord implant may help people with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) regain some muscle function, giving them ...

Describe how imaging and the use of new therapies for geographic atrophy secondary to age-related macular degeneration can fit into the treatment paradigm. Summarize innovations in imaging that ...