March 11, 2025 -- The FDA has approved a new treatment for children with generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG), a disease that makes muscles weak and tired quickly. This is the first and only ...

Nicholas J. Silvestri, MD, describes how this year’s AAN meeting highlighted significant advances in myasthenia gravis, including improved diagnostics through cell-based assays that enhance ...

Myasthenia gravis, or MG, is "a chronic autoimmune neuromuscular disorder that causes muscle weakness and fatigue," says Hesterlee. It occurs "when a person’s immune system is essentially ...

Vyvgart is a prescription drug used to treat myasthenia gravis in certain adults. ... legs, or chest.) Vyvgart is a biologic drug, which means it’s made from parts of ... pain in the abdomen ...

The first-ever randomized study of the removal of the thymus gland in treating myasthenia gravis was conducted in 2016. Led by Gil I. Wolfe, SUNY Distinguished Professor and the Irvin and Rosemary ...