Then Spinraza was administered for the most severe form of spinal muscular atrophy, SMA type 1, which afflicts children before they are six months old. (sciencedaily.com)
He argues that the law change would tackle «one of the great injustices afflicting children in this country: a widening of inequalities at school caused by lack of food during holidays». (educationbusinessuk.net)
Typically afflicted children start life with poor vision, which worsens as more and more photoreceptors die. (scientificamerican.com)