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In Memory of Ken Emerson
Cure SMA mourns the loss of Ken Emerson, volunteer at the Cure SMA National Office. Since his grandson Ryan was diagnosed with SMA type III, […]
Read More ›21st Century Cures Unanimously Passes Committee
Yesterday, the 21st Century Cures bill was unanimously passed by the House Energy and Commerce Committee. 21st Century Cures would overhaul how the Food and […]
Read More ›Collaborative Ways Cure SMA is Driving Research Results
Much as families in our community often work together to start a chapter, organize an event, or raise awareness of SMA, researchers must work together […]
Read More ›Meet the SMA Family that Helped Inspire 21st Century Cures
In a recent update on the 21st Century Cures Initiative, we shared how the SMA community has helped inspire this legistlation. Chairman Fred Upton has […]
Read More ›Cytokinetics and Astellas Release Further Details on Upcoming Phase 2 Trial
Cytokinetics, in partnership with Astellas, has officially announced that recruitment will begin in the second half of 2015 for a Phase 2 clinical trial testing […]
Read More ›Cure SMA Joins The Research Acceleration and Innovation Network
Cure SMA has become a participating organization of The Research Acceleration and Innovation Network (TRAIN), a program of FasterCures, bringing the total number of venture […]
Read More ›Update on SMA-FDA Interactions
The SMA drug pipeline has grown dramatically in just over a decade. Of the 17 programs in the pipeline, seven of these are in clinical […]
Read More ›2015 Family Friendly Poster Session Presenters Announced
The Family Friendly Research Poster Session is one of the most anticipated events of our Annual SMA Conference. Each year, Cure SMA invites researchers from […]
Read More ›Update on Clinical Development of RG7800
F. Hoffman-La Roche, PTC and the SMA Foundation recently provided an update on the clinical development of RG7800, an investigational SMN2 splicing modifier that is […]
Read More ›Cure SMA Funds $1.85 Million in New Research Grants in 2014-2015
Over the past few months, Cure SMA has announced a total of $1.85 million in new research funding. Our model is designed to fund both […]
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