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Cure SMA Announces Additional Conference Support for Newly Diagnosed Families
Thanks to the generous funding provided by the Erin Trainor Memorial Fund, Cure SMA is now offering additional support for newly diagnosed families to attend […]
Read More ›SMA Community Conducts Outreach Visits with Members of Congress
On November 30, members of the SMA community met with 17 different legislative offices— eight from the Senate and nine from the House of Representatives. […]
Read More ›The Lancet Publishes Data from Phase 2, Open-Label Trial of Spinraza (Nusinersen) in Infants
Today, Lancet published results from the Phase 2, open-label trial of nusinersen (Spinraza) in infants. This trial initiated in 2013, and patients continue to receive […]
Read More ›The Miller McNeil Woodruff Foundation Makes a Generous Contribution to Cure SMA
The Miller McNeil Woodruff Foundation awarded $87,000 to Cure SMA, in order to further research that will lead to a treatment and cure for SMA. Their gift […]
Read More ›Cure SMA-Funded Researcher, Chad Heatwole, Publishes Paper on Clinical Trial Outcomes in Adults with SMA
Cure SMA-funded researcher, Chad Heatwole, and his team, have published a paper, “What Matters Most: A Perspective From Adult Spinal Muscular Atrophy Patients”. This project […]
Read More ›Annual Congressional Dinner Brings SMA Community Together on the Eve of 21st Century Cure Bill Passage
On Tuesday, November 29, more than 160 people from the SMA community – including government and industry partners – gathered for the 6th Annual “Hope […]
Read More ›Annual South Florida Gala of Hope Raises over $1 Million in 6 Years
The 6th annual Cure SMA South Florida Chapter Gala of Hope raised a record amount of $310,000 on November 17th. Total funds raised by the gala […]
Read More ›Help Us Shape the Future Together, and Reach our Goal of $750,000
This has been an historic year for the SMA community. On October 28, our pharmaceutical partners at Biogen and Ionis announced that their New Drug […]
Read More ›Over 35 Cure SMA-Funded Researchers Contribute to Comprehensive SMA Encyclopedia
Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Disease Mechanisms and Therapy, the first comprehensive encyclopedia of SMA, has been published by Elsevier. Over thirty five of the book’s authors […]
Read More ›Adult Scholarships Offered for the 2017 Annual SMA Conference
Cure SMA is pleased to announced that, thanks to a generous grant from The Dhont Family Foundation, we are offering scholarships to the 2017 Annual […]
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