Symptoms of SMA
SMA diagnoses are divided into three types. Type one is the most devastating of the three, although each type involves an activity loss in an individual's voluntary muscle groups. “As you go through the spectrum, you’ll see a difference in the severity and in the age of the onset of symptoms,” Lorson observes.
The UMRB grant allowed us to establish ourselves in new areas. With this support, we were able to win two large NIH awards, which are now the foundation of our lab.