FDA OKs first treatment for rare genetic disorder

Friday, December 23, 2016 - 19:31 in Health & Medicine

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first treatment for children and adults with spinal muscular atrophy, a rare genetic disorder marked by progressive muscle weakness that's the most common genetic cause of death in infants....

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