Monday 27 February 2012

'Floppy babies' muscle drug hope

27 February 2012
Last updated at 04:07












Babies with the most severe form of SMA often fail to cry when they are born

Scottish research has shown it could be possible to reverse the muscle damage seen in children with a form of motor neurone disease.
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) - 'floppy baby syndrome' - is the leading genetic cause of death in children.
It affects one in

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