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

A new drug-free, minimally invasive intervention targets the root cause of progressive loss of neural function in spinal muscle atrophy (SMA), an inherited neuromuscular disease.

A new spinal cord implant may help people with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) regain some muscle function, giving the ...

In a small human trial in SMA patients neurostimulation sessions improved motoneuron function, reduced fatigue, and improved leg muscle strength and walking.

Electrical stimulation of the spinal cord strengthened the muscles of three people with spinal muscular atrophy, a rare motor neuron disease.

How a tiny spinal implant could help those with muscle-wasting disease - Three people with a muscle-destroying disease got ...

Health activists demand government action to reduce the cost of SMA medicines, citing constitutional obligations and ...

A Boston-area biopharmaceutical firm has submitted a biologics license application to the FDA for its investigational, fully ...

More research is needed to confirm gray matter, the darker tissue found in the brain and spinal cord, “as a potential disease ...

Filmmaker Reid Davenport weaves a powerful first-person perspective with a journalistic investigation about disability ...

The health activists argue that the government is empowered with effective law and policy tools and therefore should ...