Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive genetic disease that causes progressive degeneration of motor neurons, affecting approximately 1 in 10,000 births.

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Jumping worms wiggle madly, even “jumping” out of your hand. They look like other worms, but the collar, called the Clitellum, is close to the head, white, and not raised above the rest of the ...

Importance of religious freedom. When the Quaker William Penn founded the Colony of Pennsylvania in 1681, he made it clear that liberty of conscience had to be a basic principle of the Colony.

This is my 600th weekly column being posted here. I am very grateful that I haven't missed a week and that the ideas came, and the columns flowed. The first column was supposed to be one of about two ...

IN a recent communication, Chanturishvili1 reports his re-investigation of the detailed embryology of the lens in Amphibia and refers to work on higher forms in his laboratory at Tiflis. He and ...

As a retired pediatrician, I am extremely concerned about what Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of Health and Human Services, is doing in firing all 17 members of the Advisory ...

The test stimulation of the spinal cord was successful in 24 patients; the other 12 patients did not receive implanted stimulators. In an intention-to-treat analysis, the group assigned to receive ...

It may have started as a part-time job, but broadcasting high school sports helped Jim Teckenbrock have a big-time impact on the Fox Valley. Many of us were saddened to learn the WSPY 107.1-FM ...

Many species, including humans, have vestigial organs that are thought to be useless. But this specific structure might ...

Study met its primary endpoint by achieving statistical significance on one of its two pre-specified co-primary endpoints, demonstrating increased electrical connectivity between the brain and ...