The 34-year-old announced on Sunday that her twin daughters have been diagnosed with the severe muscular disease.

Mirror reveals 33 babies are being left needlessly paralysed every year because they are not given simple £5 blood test at ...

NBS programs are fairly new in the U.S., so not much is known about variations among them or about provider practice patterns for newborns with SMA. In a survey of providers and state NBS programs, ...

JESY Nelson has insisted she’s “going to fight” to get SMA1 testing available on the NHS at birth – after her twin babies ...

A committee of experts will conduct a study examining the current landscape of newborn screening (NBS) systems, processes, and research in the United States and consider sustainable adoption of ...

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Newborn testing can help new parents find out what sort of health complications their child may face in their life. In the state of Pennsylvania, this involves a hearing screening, ...

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