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Roche Buys Trophos to Continue Work on SMA Drug
Swiss drugmaker Roche has agreed to buy privately-held Trophos. Roche, the third largest pharmaceutical company in the world, will now bring its resources to help […]
Read More ›Cure SMA Announces New $30,000 Clinical Care Research Grant to Deborah Boroughs at BAYADA Home Health Care
Cure SMA has awarded a $30,000 clinical care grant to Deborah Boroughs, RN, MSN, for her project focusing on caregiver training. Individuals with SMA have […]
Read More ›Cure SMA Awards $140,000 Grant to Sara Custer, PhD, of Indiana University
Audrey Lewis founded Families of SMA, now Cure SMA, 30 years ago. Audrey recognized early on the importance of attracting new and talented researchers to […]
Read More ›Together, We Made History
Thanks to you, we raised over $770,000 in the month of December, as part of our annual campaign. The stage is set for historic advances […]
Read More ›Cure SMA Announces New $50,000 Care Research Grant to Rebecca Davis in the Lab of Dr. Swoboda at University of Utah
Cure SMA has awarded a $50,000 clinical care grant to Rebecca Hurst Davis in the lab of Dr. Kathy Swoboda, for her project focusing on […]
Read More ›NIH Releases Summary of the SO-SMART Workshop
During the Annual SMA Conference in Washington DC this past June, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) hosted a workshop on clinical trial design in […]
Read More ›Cytokinetics and Astellas Announce New Phase 2 Clinical Trial
Cytokinetics and Astellas jointly announced plans to begin a Phase 2 clinical trial in 2015 in patients with spinal muscular atrophy. The trial will test […]
Read More ›Cure SMA Announces New $50,000 Clinical Care Research Grant to Nilesh Mehta at Boston Children’s Hospital
We’re excited to announce that we have awarded $50,000 clinical care grant to Dr. Nilesh Mehta, for his project focusing on nutrition in SMA. Some […]
Read More ›Applications Open for 2015 Annual SMA Conference Scholarships
Applications are now open for scholarships to the 2015 Annual SMA Conference, held June 18-21 in Kansas City, MO. You must complete an application form […]
Read More ›Cure SMA Provides Record Number of Resources to Families Worldwide
Along with funding spinal muscular atrophy research, Cure SMA provides thousands of families with vital family support and resources to help them live active, engaged […]
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