Someone recently suggested that I write about my school days and what it was like growing up with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). My initial reaction was to scrunch up my face and shrug, because my experience in school felt very normal to me, nothing especially remarkable or strange about…
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Children with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) already living with symptoms experienced gains in motor abilities after receiving the gene therapy Zolgensma (onasemnogene abeparvovec-xioi), a small Brazilian study found. The real-world report tracked the outcomes of seven youngsters in the South American nation who were treated with Zolgensma only…
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Children and adults with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), as well as their caregivers, may experience clinically relevant mental health symptoms, including anxiety and depression, a nationwide German study found. Among caregivers, those of patients with SMA type 1, the most common form of the disease, showed the greatest psychological…
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My daily schedule is full, so it’s important for me to use my time wisely. This allows me to enjoy fun activities and do the work I love. I face various challenges in balancing my time. Some can’t be changed, but I have found solutions to others. What I…
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Mindy Henderson has spent much of her life challenging the limits others have placed on her. When she was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) — a genetic condition that causes muscles to weaken over time — as an infant, doctors told her parents that she might not live long…
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Researchers at Cedars-Sinai are working to develop a potential stem cell treatment for three teenage siblings in California with an extremely rare form of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) for which there are no available therapies targeting the disease’s underlying cause. The Vehling trio — sisters Emilie, 19, and Maggie…
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