Spinal Muscular Atrophy Stem Cell Treatment Services

It is projected that spinal muscular atrophy affects one in 7000 babies born and that about one in 50 individuals are hereditary carriers of the disease. Sma is an autosomal recessive genetic malady which means that maximum cases of sma can be attributed to getting substandard genes from both parents. It is believed that if both parents are carriers of this hereditary disorder to chance of the child developing this illness is 25%. Potential parents can use genetic testing to see if they are carriers of this gene though pgd pre-implementation genetic diagnosis testing that is available in maximum nations around the world. There are 4 kinds and classifications of sma disease