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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 […]
Read More ›Patients and Caregivers of Patients with Type II and III SMA Needed for Educational Research Survey
I am a medical education researcher fielding a survey to individuals or caregivers of individuals with Type II or III spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) to understand their specific challenges as […]
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 thus far—the highest number to […]
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 biology and muscle regeneration in […]
Read More ›Cure SMA Awards $140,000 Grant to Megerditch Kiledjian, PhD, of Rutgers
Cure SMA has awarded a $140,000 research grant to Megerditch Kiledjian, PhD, at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, for his project, “Novel Strategies to Increase SMN2 RNA.” Because […]
Read More ›Senate HELP Committee Passes Innovation Bills
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee has passed 7 bills out of committee as part of its “step-by-step” approach to Innovation and 21st Century Cures. Among them […]
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