Three people with a muscle-destroying disease destined to worsen got a little stronger -- able to stand and walk more easily -- when an implanted device zapped their spinal cord.

Boosting communication between the spinal nerves and the muscles using the spinal cord stimulation reverses spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) progression and could be applied to other motoneuron diseases, ...

The first-in-human trial saw all three patients able to increase their walking distance within six minutes to 20 meters.

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