Research conducted in Lleida has discovered a new link between intracellular calcium, signalling pathways and autophagy that represents a new advance in preventing alterations in the process of cell degeneration in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a minority disease affecting children.

The research group Neuronal Signalling Unit of the Lleida Biomedical Research Institute (IRBLleida) and the University of Lleida (UdL) has made important progress in establishing a new strategy in the therapeutic treatment of spinal muscular atrophy, a disorder that leads to weakness and progressive muscle …