Understanding of spinal muscular atrophy improved with use of stem cells

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 10:01 in Health & Medicine

Scientists have pioneered research on how motor-neuron cell-death occurs in patients with spinal muscular atrophy, offering an important clue in identifying potential medicines to treat this leading genetic cause of death in infants and toddlers.

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