Screening covers tests for 30 inherited metabolic disorders, spinal muscular atrophy and severe combined immune deficiency.

THEIR sisterhood inspired a resurgence of girl power not seen since the Spice Girls, but Jesy Nelson’s unexpected exit from ...

Women with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) can experience successful pregnancies and give birth to healthy babies when ...

It is not easy being Karan Shah, but it is certainly worth being him. He seems to live by the famous quote, “He who laughs at ...

The former Little Mix singer, 34, welcomed twin daughters Ocean Jade and Story Monroe Nelson-Foster with Zion Foster prematurely in May last year after a turbulent pregnancy, having spent most of it ...

When a car accident or athletic injury destroys more than 20% of a muscle's mass, the body faces a problem it often can't ...

A test using a zebrafish model helped clinicians rule out SMA in two children, showing its potential use to clarify genetic ...

FORMER Little Mix star Jesy Nelson has spoken candidly about the ‘heartbreaking’ health challenges her twin daughters have ...

Jesy Nelson has hit out at healthcare staff who visited her twin daughters in the days after their premature birth as 'really worrying' for not spotting the signs of SMA.

It is classified as one of the rare diseases, yet it affects approximately one in 7,744 live births in India. There is no cure for SMA; it can only be managed, and the progression can either be ...

Speaking to Sky News' The UK Tonight programme with Sarah-Jane Mee, Ms Nelson described how her girls were diagnosed with the ...