New Insights On Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Sunday, June 1, 2008 - 21:28 in Biology & Nature

Researchers have discovered that the effect of a protein deficiency, which is the basis of the neuromuscular disease spinal muscular atrophy, is not restricted to motor nerve cells, suggesting that SMA is a more general disorder. This new insight will allow for better understanding of how this complex disease arises.

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