A man with a muscle-wasting disease is pleased Manitoba is asking a federal agency to reconsider its opposition to a ...

The mutation that causes Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) can be detected in a prenatal screen. But a parent's decision to test for this terrible disease is not as easy as you would think.

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 ...

Affan, seven, and Erhan, five, have Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA ... for genetic conditions like SMA and Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) - which causes muscle weakness and degeneration.