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Knowledge is power? : the role of experiential knowledge in genetically 'risky' reproductive decisions [PDF]

, 2014
Knowledge of the condition being tested for is increasingly acknowledged as an important factor in prenatal testing and screening decisions. An analysis of the way in which family members living with an inheritable condition use and value this knowledge ...
Boardman, Felicity K.
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Advances in Sustainable and Wearable Textile Based Soft Robotics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This Review examines advances in wearable textile‐based soft robotics, focusing on sustainable materials, integrated sensing, and scalable actuation. It discusses manufacturing and system integration across healthcare, assistive robotics, prosthetics, and human–machine interfaces, and highlights key challenges in circular design, including life‐cycle ...
Zahir Abbas, Marzia Dulal, Sophia K. Novoselov, Victoria K. Novoselov, Kostya S. Novoselov, Shaila Afroj, Nazmul Karim   +6 more
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Type-1 spinal muscular atrophy cohort before and after disease-modifying therapies

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Background Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA-5q) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive muscle atrophy, hypotonia, and weakness, with SMA 1 presenting symptoms within the first 6 months of life. Disease-modifying therapies have
Brenda Klemm Arci Mattos de Freitas Alves, Alexandra Prufer de Queiroz Campos Araujo, Flávia Nardes dos Santos, Márcia Gonçalves Ribeiro   +3 more
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Rehabilitation in spinal muscular atrophy

The Journal of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 2019
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive disorder with symptoms of progressive skeletal muscular atrophy which requires multidisciplinary medical care.
Agus Iwan Foead, Wendy Wai Yeng Yeo, Thirupathirao Vishnumukkala, Michael Larvin   +3 more
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Cost of illness of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in Italy [PDF]

Global & Regional Health Technology Assessment: Italian; Northern Europe and Spanish, 2019
The objective of this study was to estimate the indirect and direct non-health costs associated with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a disease that burdens the daily life of adults, children and their families in Italy. In order to develop the economic model, a multidisciplinary group of researchers was created to prepare and computerize a ...
Andrea Marcellusi, Chiara Bini, Jacopo Casiraghi, Francesco D’Ambrosio, Maria A. Rotundo, Anita Pallara, Francesco S. Mennini   +6 more
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Bottom‐Up Engineering of a Human Neuromuscular System for Modeling Activity‐Induced Remodeling, Metabolic Stress, and Endothelial‐Modulated Excitability

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Using a bottom‐up approach, we engineered a human neuromuscular microchip to investigate distinct adaptive responses to neural stimulation and metabolic stress. Further integration of endothelial cells revealed their critical role in modulating neuromuscular excitability, establishing a comprehensive neurovascular‐muscular model.
Jinchul Ahn, Min‐seop Kim, Ju‐Hee Kim, Seok‐Hyeon Kang, Dain Lee, Hui‐Wen Liu, Seung‐cheol Shin, Kyuhwan Na, Yesl Jun, Oak‐Kee Hong, Ji Hun Yang, Jin‐A Kim, Hwanseok Jang, Hong Nam Kim, Roger D. Kamm, Ji‐Hoon Kim, Jang‐Won Son, Seok Chung   +17 more
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Anesthetic management of a patient with spinal muscular atrophy type II for scoliosis surgery: a case report

BMC Anesthesiology
Background Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder characterized by degeneration of motor neurons in the spinal cord, resulting in progressive limb muscle weakness, atrophy, and severe scoliosis.
Zhuangyuan Chen, Xiaowei Chen, Xiyun Liang, Qiang Niu, Yauwai Chan, Xuebing Xu   +5 more
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Molecular Crosstalk Between Non-SMN-Related and SMN-Related Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Neuroscience Insights, 2020
Most cases of spinal muscular atrophy are caused by functional loss of the survival of motor neuron 1 ( SMN1 ) gene, while less than 5% of cases are attributed to genes other than SMN . Mutations in LMNA , the lamin A/C encoding gene, cause an adult form
Darija Šoltić, Heidi R Fuller
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Targeting the 5' untranslated region of SMN2 as a therapeutic strategy for spinal muscular atrophy [PDF]

, 2022
Nucleic acid therapeutics allow sequence-based targeting of disease genes, such as the genes involved in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) pathogenesis. SMA is a neuromuscular disorder caused by mutations in the survival motor neuron 1 gene (SMN1).
Winkelsas, Audrey
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YAP1‐Driven Pathogenic Fibro‐Adipogenic Progenitors Secrete IL‐6 and FGF21 to Mediate Muscle‐Bone Crosstalk and Promote Bone Loss

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Fibro‐adipogenic progenitors (FAPs) in atrophic muscle undergo YAP1‐driven pathogenic activation, secreting IL‐6 and FGF21 as bone‐catabolic myokines that mediate muscle‐bone crosstalk and promote bone loss. Genetic or pharmacological targeting of this YAP1‐FAP‐myokine axis rescues skeletal deterioration, identifying FAP‐derived myokines as therapeutic
Xiaoyu Cai, Tao Xu, Rui Ma, Weikun Meng, Shutao Gao, Yakefu Abulizi, Alafate Kahaer, Chuanhui Xun, Maierdan Maimaiti, Rui Cao, Weidong Liang, Polati Maimaiti, Qiang Deng, Jun Sheng, Ting Wang, Mingchong Liu, Weibin Sheng   +16 more
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