A mum was relieved to see her newborn son kick his legs after he had spinal surgery while still inside the womb. Serena Nye, 24, was told after her 20-week pregnancy scan her unborn son had spina ...

In the past decade, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved three drugs to treat newborns for spinal muscular atrophy. The oral drug used in this study, called risdiplam ...

Newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy allows for earlier diagnosis in preterm infants, leading to earlier use of disease-modifying therapies, in the presymptomatic stage, and better long ...