Newborn Screening and Spinal Muscular Atrophy

  Diana Castro, MD, founder of the Neurology Rare Disease Center in Dallas, Texas discusses newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in the United States.  SMA is a genetic disease that affects motor neurons in the spinal cord and control of muscle...

Leukodystrophy Management Clinical Trials

Adeline Vanderver, MD, Program Director of the Leukodystrophy Center in the Division of Neurology at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), provides an overview of the different types of clinical trials that are underway to treat individuals with...

How to Diagnose Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

  Donald Zoz, MD, Director and Senior Clinical Program Leader for Pulmonary Fibrosis at Boehringer Ingelheim provides an overview of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and how to diagnose this rare condition. IPF is a chronic, progressive, fibrosing lung disease...