Rare Genetic Motor Neuron Disease Treated In Womb For The First Time
For the first time ever , doctors have treat a rarefied transmitted disease have sex as spinal mesomorphic atrophy ( SMA ) in the womb – and the now 2 - twelvemonth - quondam child is showing no signs of the disease . SMA is a progressive condition that affectsmotor neurons , the specialized cellular telephone that control voluntary muscle movement . It has five subtypes , of which type 1 is believe to be the most severe ; people with this form have a mutant in both copies of a gene calledSMN1 , which encodes a protein called SMN that enables sinew to get brass signals ....