Researchers reported a spine-stimulating implant might aid neurodegenerative diseases like spinal muscle atrophy.

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

A protein called B cell lymphoma 6 could be key to maintaining healthy muscle mass and potentially could be used to combat ...

Actimed Therapeutics, a UK based clinical stage speciality pharmaceutical company focused on bringing innovation to the treatment of cancer cachexia and other muscle wasting disorders, announces today ...

Researchers have shown that a spinal cord-stimulating implant, originally used for paralysis, may help restore muscle ...

Maintaining muscle mass is crucial for health, and researchers have identified the protein BCL6 as vital for this. Studies ...

Boosting communication between the spinal nerves and the muscles using the spinal cord stimulation reverses spinal muscle ...

Three patients with spinal muscular atrophy had improved muscle strength and could walk farther after a month of daily spinal ...

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- A new spinal cord implant may help people with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) ...

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

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

Teresa Zimmers, professor of cell, developmental and cancer biology at the Oregon Health & Sciences University School of Medicine, at 12:55 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29, on Zoom.