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Cure SMA Awards $90,000 Grant to Antoine Cl̩ry, PhD, ETH Zurich
Cure SMA has awarded a $90,000 research grant to Antoine Cléry, PhD, at ETH Zurich for his project, “Novel approaches against spinal muscular atrophy by […]
Read More ›Cure SMA Awards $140,000 Grant to Christine Beattie, PhD, Ohio State University
Cure SMA has awarded a $140,000 research grant to Christine Beattie, PhD, at the Ohio State University, for her project, “Identification of SMN:HuD bound RNAs […]
Read More ›Cure SMA Releases Schedule for the 2016 Annual SMA Conference
Cure SMA has released the schedule for the 2016 Annual SMA Conference, which will be held at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA, June 16-19. This schedule […]
Read More ›AveXis Releases New Data on Phase 1 Clinical Trial
AveXis has released new data from their current Phase 1 clinical trial testing AVXS-101, a systemic delivery of gene therapy for SMA. The data from […]
Read More ›Record Number of Abstracts Submitted for the 2016 SMA Researcher Meeting
Abstract submission is now closed for the 2016 SMA Researcher Meeting. We are excited to announce that we received 118 submissions, a record number. Our […]
Read More ›Senate HELP Committee Passes Another 7 Innovation Bills
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee yesterday passed an additional 7 bills out of committee. Along with the 7 bills previously passed […]
Read More ›Winter 2015 Issue of Directions Now Online
The Winter 2015 issue of Directions is now available! Please visit our Support & Care Publications page to download this issue or past issues of […]
Read More ›Cure SMA-Funded Researchers Publish Paper on Motor Neuron and Astrocyte Defects
Cure SMA-funded researcher Chien-Ping Ko has published a paper in the Journal of Neuroscience, called “Defects in Motoneuron–Astrocyte Interactions in Spinal Muscular Atrophy.” The research […]
Read More ›2016 Annual SMA Conference on Track to Break Attendance Records
Registration for the Annual SMA Conference is well on its way to a record-setting number. Over 700 families and researchers have registered for the conference […]
Read More ›Cure SMA Awards $140,000 Grant to Rashmi Kothary, MD, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Cure SMA has awarded a $140,000 research grant to Rashmi Kothary, MD, at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute for his project, ” Muscle satellite cell […]
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