Scientists compared the CASMA screening approach against standard methods, and found it better at detecting problems in genes ...

Sensing her need to connect with others in the disability community, columnist Jasmine Ramos created The Friendship Circle.

A high-dose regimen of SMA treatment Spinraza benefits for previously treated and untreated SMA patients of all ages, per ...

Newborn screening noted SMA in 12 premature babies in Germany, with 11 treated presymptomatically, but mostly after reaching ...

Apitegromab met the main goal of boosting motor function over a year of treatment in young people with SMA type 2 or 3 in the ...

Columnist Sherry Toh, who has severe kyphoscoliosis, weighs the intense pros and cons of spinal fusion surgery — not an easy ...

Macrostructural changes in the brain were seven times more evident on scans among 21 SMA patients in the study, than in 21 ...

Living with SMA is too often uncomfortable, columnist Kevin Schaefer says — especially in the wheelchair and bed.

They may seem unimportant, but for columnist Alyssa Silva, they make a world of difference. She's referring to the importance ...

Nearly two-thirds of adults in South Korea with spinal muscle atrophy type 2 or type 3 were initially misdiagnosed, a study ...

Halsey Blocher is a young woman who was diagnosed with SMA Type 1 in 1999 after a blood test revealed a deletion of the survival motor neuron gene. She now lives with her loving family in Fort Wayne, ...

Columnist Brianna Albers joins her parents on a drive to the South Carolina coast to pick up her first all-terrain wheelchair ...