When Lucy Van Doormaal was just five weeks old, she was diagnosed with a life-threatening genetic disease called spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Now seven months old, Lucy has been given a new chance at life after winning a lottery to receive an experimental, potentially life-saving gene therapy treatment… for free, according to CNN. SMA comes in four varieties. … Continue reading Baby girl with spinal muscular atrophy wins $2 million life-saving treatment