SMARD is a rare genetic condition that affects your motor neurons. Symptoms such as breathing difficulties appear during infancy and can shorten life expectancy. There’s no cure, but emerging ...

Panelists discuss how spinal muscular atrophy is an autosomal recessive genetic disease affecting motor neurons with 3 currently approved disease-modifying therapies that restore SMN protein ...

Celiac disease is the most known cause of villous atrophy. Villous atrophy can lead to serious nutritional deficiencies. Some medications and other conditions can also cause villous atrophy. Villous ...

Muscle atrophy is a prevalent condition in today's societies, but many of the roles that mitochondria play in the process remain unclear. In a recent study, researchers investigated how muscle atrophy ...

A research team from the Medical University of Vienna and the Medical University of Graz has discovered a previously unknown genetic cause of hereditary optic atrophy, a degenerative disease of the ...

Dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy (DRPLA) is a rare, progressive neurological disorder that may cause involuntary movements, cognitive difficulties, emotional and mental health issues, and seizures ...

The loss of muscle mass, or muscle atrophy, is a relatively common condition in today's aging and increasingly sedentary societies. While the disuse of muscles is the most frequent catalyst for muscle ...