Avery's Bucket List: Parents pen blog for baby dying of spinal muscular atrophy

A newborn baby's battle with spinal muscular atrophy inspired her parents to start a bucket list blog. HULIQ reports on Avery's Bucket List blog, a site that aims to spread awareness of Avery's illness, which progressively

There is increasing focus on RNA metabolism in motor neuron diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, and spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), the leading genetic cause of infant mortality, Jen said.

Avery was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy, SMA Type 1, a disorder that destroys spinal neurons. Infants with SMA type I are born with very little muscle tone, weak muscles, and feeding and breathing problems. Avery has already lost the use of

By Sandra Fish Dinakar Singh, chief executive officer of TPG-Axon Capital Management, discusses his daughter Arya's genetic disease and how it led him to establish and fund the Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation. You've probably never heard of Spinal

By Sandra Fish Dinakar Singh, chief executive officer of TPG-Axon Capital Management, discusses his daughter Arya's genetic disease and how it led him to establish and fund the Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation. You've probably never heard of Spinal