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Scholar Rock Announces Plan to Bring Possible SMA Treatment into Clinical Trials
Scholar Rock, a biotechnology company based in Boston, has announced that they will be investing nearly $50 million to bring SRK-015, a muscle drug for […]
Read More ›Cure SMA Launches Advocacy Action Network
Working together, we’ve achieved tremendous success in advocating for ourselves, our families, and our whole community, particularly in the past few years. Today, we’re building […]
Read More ›Minnesota Becomes Second State to Adopt Newborn Screening for SMA
On December 27, the Minnesota Commissioner of Health accepted the recommendation of the state’s Advisory Committee on Heritable and Congenital Disorders to add SMA to […]
Read More ›Cure SMA Announces Funding for Care Centers Across the US
Cure SMA is pleased to announce the first grants from $450,000 in funding to help increase capacity at SMA treatment sites across the US. In […]
Read More ›Biogen and Ionis Enter Into New Collaboration to Identify Novel Therapies for the Treatment of Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Biogen and Ionis Pharmaceuticals announced that they have entered into a new collaboration agreement to identify new antisense oligonucleotide drug candidates for the treatment of […]
Read More ›Cure SMA Assists Hundreds of Families in 2017
Each year, Cure SMA provides thousands of families with vital support and resources to help them live active, engaged and hopeful lives. Our programs provide […]
Read More ›Miller McNeil Woodruff Foundation Awards Cure SMA Generous Gift
The Miller McNeil Woodruff Foundation recently awarded $87,000 to Cure SMA, in order to further research that will lead to treatments for all ages, stages […]
Read More ›Fall 2017 Directions Now Available for Download
The Fall 2017 issue of Directions is now available. Please visit our Support & Care Publications page to download this issue or past issues of […]
Read More ›2017 Research Year-in-Review
Over our past fiscal year—from July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2017—Cure SMA has funded 28 projects with over $2.5 million in new research funding. […]
Read More ›Cure SMA Advocates Continue to Advance Newborn Screening Efforts
SMA advocates across the country are working tirelessly with Cure SMA to educate state decision makers on newborn screening. In Maryland and Minnesota, the states’ […]
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