Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a genetic neuromuscular disease affecting specialized nerve cells that control voluntary muscle movement, according to the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). It can ...

Spinal Muscular Atrophy, known as SMA Type 1, explained: A Paediatric neurologist shares insight into the condition after former Little Mix singer Jesy Nelson revealed her twins have been diagnosed ...

SMA type 3 is a hereditary disease that affects motor neurons. People may also refer to it as Kugelberg-Welander disease. Symptoms usually begin after 18 months of age. Children with SMA type 3 can ...

Days after the Little Mix alum shared her and fiancé Zion Foster’s twin daughters, 7-month-old Ocean Jade and Story Monroe, were diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1 (SMA)—a genetic disorder ...

The lab of Yongchao C. Ma, PhD, at Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago uncovered a novel mechanism that leads to motor neuron ...

Jesy Nelson has bravely shared a devastating diagnosis for her twin babies - that they will never walk. The Little Mix star revealed her baby twins have been diagnosed with the incurable genetic ...

Medical researchers have uncovered a novel mechanism that leads to motor neuron degeneration in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). This discovery offers a new target for treatment that overcomes important ...

LITTLE Mix star Jesy Nelson has revealed that her baby twins have been diagnosed with a severe form of Spinal Muscular Atrophy. In a heart-breaking Instagram post ...

Jesy Nelson of Little Mix fame has shared the news that her twin girls have been diagnosed with SMA Type 1, a genetic ...