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 ...

Researchers evaluated oxygen saturation and arterial CO2 variables to screen for sleep disordered breathing in children with SMA type 1-3. Of the measures evaluated, only an oxygen desaturation index ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . At the time of last follow up, 82.6% of children born with SMA type 1 from 2016 on were still alive. Of the 140 ...

Treatment with onasemnogene abeparvovec gene therapy for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type 1 was associated with less need for nutritional support or nighttime ventilation compared to recommended ...

—A new qualitative participatory study explored how powered mobility (PM), in the form of modified ride-on cars, impacts children with spinal muscular atrophy type 1 (SMA1) and their families. Here ...

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a rare genetic disorder in which the onset of progressive neurodegeneration begins before birth, owing to loss of the protein SMN. Drugs such as risdiplam — which ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Topline results from a phase 3 clinical trial showed an ...

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Genentech, a member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), today presented positive results from the primary analysis of the ongoing RAINBOWFISH ...

MADERA COUNTY, Calif. -- Like most 1-year-olds, Damaris Perez spends a lot of time playing in her crib. The average person wouldn't know this baby has limited time left on earth. "It's been different, ...

The recent availability of 3 FDA-approved treatments for patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) has dramatically altered patient outcomes and provided a wealth of new avenues for SMA research. A ...