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DSE 2022: How one Hong Kong student with spinal muscular atrophy overcame obstacles to score 5** on integrated science exam
Joyce Lam Yuk-shan got her Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) results on Wednesday just like everyone else, but most students didn’t have to overcome the same hurdles she faced. The student ...
TheHealthSite10d
Raising Awareness On Spinal Muscular Atrophy: The Silent Battle Every Indian Should Know
One such condition is Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a genetic disorder affecting infants and young children, impacting their movement and muscle function. SMA is a genetic disorder of movement ...
The Hindu5d
People with spinal muscular atrophy demand urgent action from the Centre to reduce medicine costs
Health activists and patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) have refuted the Central government’s affidavit in the Kerala High Court and demanded urgent action to reduce the cost of ...
Healio27d
Gene therapy slows progression of spinal muscular atrophy type 2
Back to Healio Topline results from a phase 3 clinical trial showed an investigational gene therapy for young people with spinal muscular atrophy type 2 increased mobility and slowed disease ...
The American Journal of Managed Care14d
Phase 3 STEER Study of SMA Gene Therapy Meets Primary End Point
Patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type 2 showed improved motor ability when treated with intrathecal onasemnogene abeparvovec, an investigational gene therapy.
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Blink and raise awareness of Spinal Muscular Atrophy
M. Kotewall Memorial School in Kwai Chung, which caters for people with special educational needs, has a condition called Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). Chow knows that life with SMA is difficult ...
Too Old to Operate6d
Association of SC GM Atrophy With Clinical Disability in SMA
The following is a summary of “Spinal cord gray matter atrophy is associated with disability in spinal muscular atrophy,” ...
rarediseaseadvisor28d
Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)
Spinal muscular atrophy, SMA, a genetic neuromuscular disorder with progressive muscle wasting due to mutation in the SMN1 gene, deficiency in SMN protein, and loss of motor neurons, 3D illustration ...
The Week5d
Spinal muscular atrophy: Patients, activists seek health ministry’s intervention to bring down medicine cost
for patients of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) costs Rs 72 lakhs a year in India. A case in this regard has been going on in the Kerala High Court for a while now. On 22nd the Central government ...
SciELO12d
Quality of life in patients with spinal muscular atrophy in Brazil: patient self-assessment and carer perception
Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the perception of quality of life of patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and investigate whether there is a correlation between patients’ ...
Pharmaceutical Technology11d
Talditercept alfa by Biohaven for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA): Likelihood of Approval
Talditercept alfa is under clinical development by Biohaven and currently in Phase III for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). According to GlobalData, Phase III drugs for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) ...
rarediseaseadvisor28d
Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)
Patients with SMA, which has no cure, typically achieve a better quality of life through physical therapy, posture management, and, among other things, nutritional support. 4 Providing individualized ...