Timing is everything: Clinical evidence supports pre-symptomatic treatment for spinal muscular atrophy.

Cell Rep Med

Edinburgh Medical School: Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; Euan MacDonald Centre for Motor Neuron Disease, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. Electronic address:

Published: August 2022

Two new studies by Strauss et al. demonstrated safe and effective pre-symptomatic delivery of gene therapy in children with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). These results highlight the importance of newborn screening programs and early therapy delivery for SMA.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9418840PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100725DOI Listing

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