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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 includes the timeline of workshops […]
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 this initial trial will inform […]
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 submissions come from researchers in […]
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 out of committee, that makes […]
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 Directions. Our biannual newsletter builds […]
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 for this paper was supported […]
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