What Is Muscle Atrophy

Jesy Nelson, Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Jesy Nelson Reveals Twins' Rare Diagnosis—What Parents Need To Know About Spinal Muscular Atrophy

British singer Jesy Nelson recently took to Instagram to share a devastating update about her 8-month-old twin daughters.

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What is SMA type 1? Everything you need to know about Jesy Nelson's twins' rare condition

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Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Symptoms to life expectancy after Jesy Nelson's heartbreaking news

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Singer reveals rare disorder could prevent twin daughters from walking

In a video, Nelson provided a health update about her 8-month-old twin daughters, Ocean Jade and Story Monroe, revealing that they have been diagnosed with a rare genetic condition called Spinal Muscu...

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Jesy Nelson in tears over twin daughters’ SMA diagnosis: 'I just want to be their mum, not a nurse'

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I would have been selfish not to share twins' muscle disease diagnosis, Jesy Nelson says

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What is spinal muscular atrophy?

Spinal muscular atrophy explained after Jesy Nelson reveals her twins’ diagnosis - The singer shared an emotional update about her twins’ health on Sunday and that ‘time is of the essence with this di

Medical Xpress

What you should know about spinal muscular atrophy

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 lead to severe physical disability, paralysis and life ...

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Heel prick test for SMA now: Five questions answered about muscle wasting disease

Gene therapies can now prevent newborns with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) being left paralysed - but only if administered at birth before damage has occurred

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Human muscle cells come back from space, look aged

Muscle-on-chip systems are three-dimensional human muscle cell bundles cultured on collagen scaffolds. A Stanford University research team sent some of these systems to the International Space Station to study the muscle atrophy commonly observed in ...