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Spring 2016 Issue of Compass Now Available
The Spring 2016 issue of Compass is now available online. As part of our most recent round of funding, we’ve announced eight grants totaling $890,000 for basic research, and two […]
Read More ›Cure SMA Awards $300,000 Drug Discovery Grant to Charlotte Sumner, in Collaboration with Imago Pharmaceuticals
Cure SMA has awarded a $300,000 drug discovery grant to Charlotte Sumner, MD, at Johns Hopkins University, in collaboration with Imago Pharmaceuticals. The award is for the project, “Preclinical Development […]
Read More ›Announcing an Evening of Fun at Disneyland Park
Just added to this year’s conference schedule: Saturday Night at Disneyland Park! We’re very excited to announce that conference attendees will get to take part in this special evening of […]
Read More ›Cure SMA Releases Full Schedule for the 2016 Annual SMA Conference
Cure SMA has released the full schedule for the 2016 Annual SMA Conference, which will be held in Anaheim, CA at Disneyland, June 16-19. The schedule includes the detailed timeline […]
Read More ›Cure SMA Awards $70,000 Grant to Christine DiDonato, Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Cure SMA has awarded a $70,000 research grant to Dr. Christine DiDonato at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago for her project, “Assessing mediators of muscle weakness in SMA mice.” Individuals […]
Read More ›AveXis Reports Data from Ongoing Phase 1 Trial of AVXS-101 in Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1
Today, AveXis, Inc. presented an interim analysis of data as of April 1, 2016 from the ongoing Phase 1 trial of AVXS-101 for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) […]
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