New research suggests that electrical spinal cord stimulation could improve muscle function for patients who have spinal ...

Hundreds of social media posts are drawing comparisons between the freed hostages and Holocaust survivors who endured extreme ...

Three people with a muscle-destroying disease destined to worsen got a little stronger when an implanted device zapped their ...

SMA is caused by a genetic defect that attacks motor neurons in the spinal cord, leading to muscle wasting, particularly in the legs, hips, and shoulders. While gene therapy offers a lifeline for ...

and potentially could be used to combat muscle wasting conditions in humans, a study in mice suggests. Researchers used various strategies to identify the mechanism by which BCL6 helps maintain ...

Yet over the month-long pilot study, “they were getting better and better.” Spinal muscle atrophy or SMA is a genetic disease that gradually destroys motor neurons, nerve cells in the spinal ...