Patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) are at risk of developing the metabolic disorder ketoacidosis, a less recognized complication that…
Articles by Magdalena Kegel
Researchers may have discovered a new treatment for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Identifying a molecule that prevents the SMN2 gene…
The levels of SMN protein — the factor missing in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) — in skin cells are proportional…
Japanese researchers have identified a new gene that likely gives rise to spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) with severe brain degeneration.
Researchers have become quite good at making stem cells grow into neurons in the lab, even without fully understanding the actual…
Blocking molecules that normally act as muscle degrading factors may offer a treatment approach for milder forms of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA),…
A poor contribution by the ribcage to breathing is a characteristic feature of children with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type…
A lack of the survival motor neuron 1 (SMN1) protein, the gene mutated in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), affected liver development…
In a study partly funded by Cure SMA, researchers from Ottawa Hospital Research Institute show that patterns of…
Diminished levels of the survival of motor neuron (SMN) protein causes spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), and also disrupts a process called endocytosis…