Three people with a muscle-destroying disease destined to worsen got a little stronger when an implanted device zapped their ...

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 the ...

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 - Three people with a muscle-destroying disease got ...

The first-in-human trial saw all three patients able to increase their walking distance within six minutes to 20 meters.

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 ...

Study using a new, child-friendly scale found patients up to age 2 had smaller mouth openings than healthy peers, risking ...

In India, SMA is classified as a rare disease and there are nearly 8,000 children to 25,000 children born annually with it. “Without systematic screening and registration, we do not have ...