Blocking a small RNA molecule called miR-140-3b can improve motor function in a mouse model of SMA, a study suggests.

Helping certain genetic information travel to specific parts of nerve cells can ease motor symptoms in SMA, a study in mice ...

But if you distill his message to its purest form, it is beautifully mundane: Performance capture might’ve saved his life, ...

Columnist Connie Chandler writes of a generational disconnect with new SMA patients, but says living fully must remain their ...

In an interview-based study, adults with SMA reported a lack of coordination during their transition from pediatric care once ...

Columnist Helen Baldwin worried the baby who arrived May 18, 1997, would keep everyone awake, but his silence signaled a ...

Columnist Brianna Albers tends to make mountains out of molehills, a sure sign that living with SMA has resulted in illness anxiety.

A one-time treatment designed to correct a single letter, or base, in the SMN2 gene increased levels of the survival motor neuron (SMN) protein — which is lacking in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) — ...

For people with spinal muscular atrophy, physical therapy can help support mobility, strength, and quality of life, regardless of SMA type.

Alyssa Silva is a writer based out of Providence, Rhode Island. She was diagnosed with SMA type 1 in 1991 when she was just 5 months old. Aside from writing, Alyssa is the chief creative officer for ...

The gene therapy Zolgensma (onasemnogene abeparvovec-xioi) has been newly approved to treat patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) through intravenous (IV) delivery, meaning systemically. However ...