Former Little Mix star Jesy Nelson revealed on social media that her twin girls have been diagnosed with a rare genetic ...

Spinal muscular atrophy explained after Jesy Nelson reveals her twins’ diagnosis - The singer shared an emotional update ...

Spinal muscular atrophy is a genetically inherited disorder that causes muscle weakness. Adults can get spinal muscular atrophy, but it’s rare in adults and progresses slowly. It doesn’t typically ...

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a genetic disease that causes muscle weakness and wasting, known as atrophy. People with SMA often have difficulties moving, swallowing, sitting up, and sometimes ...

There’s no cure for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). But there are treatments. Three medications can help slow down SMA symptoms. In some cases, they may be able to stop the disease from getting worse.

Little Mix alum Jesy Nelson opened up in an emotional video Jan. 4 about her twin daughters’ Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1 diagnosis, a life-threatening disease that leads to severe muscle weakness.

Spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress (SMARD) is a rare genetic condition that typically affects infants and children. It causes muscle weakness and breathing problems. Spinal muscular ...

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Singer Jesy Nelson has revealed in an emotional video that her twin daughters have been diagnosed with Spinal Muscular ...

Injections for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) refer to two treatments that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved for SMA: nusinersen (Spinraza) and onasemnogene abeparovec-xioi (Zolgensma ...

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Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an inherited disease that attacks motor neurons, the nerve cells that control our muscles. SMA hits children and adults. Children inherit the gene for SMA from both ...