Medicines into amniotic fluid may be way to treat SMA before birth

Medicines into amniotic fluid may be way to treat SMA before birth

Injecting medicines into the amniotic fluid — the liquid that surrounds a developing fetus during pregnancy — may be a viable strategy for treating spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) before birth, according to a new study done in animal models. “These data demonstrated that [injecting therapies into amniotic fluid] holds potential as a minimally invasive approach for prenatal treatment of SMA and possibly other severe, early-onset neurological disord…