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Indiana Becomes Fourth State to Adopt Newborn Screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy
On Friday, Governor Eric Holcomb held a signing ceremony for Indiana House Bill 1017, adopting newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID). Dubbed “Graham’s Bill” […]
Read More ›SMA Advocates Meet With House and Senate Offices
On Thursday, April 26, Cure SMA traveled with more than 70 spinal muscular atrophy advocates to Washington DC to meet with congressional offices. The advocates represented 24 states and DC. […]
Read More ›Cure SMA Awards $150,000 Grant to Chad Heatwole, MD, University of Rochester
Cure SMA has awarded a $150,000 research grant to Chad Heatwole, MD, at the University of Rochester, for his project, ” Development of a Clinically Relevant Outcome Measure for Pediatric […]
Read More ›Uniting the SMA Community Through Local Programs and Support
After her son William’s SMA type 2 diagnosis in April 2001, Heidi Johnson’s doctor immediately showed her the Cure SMA (then Families of SMA) website and said to look for […]
Read More ›Invitae Partners with Biogen to Offer Free Genetic Testing for SMA
Invitae Corporation recently announced that it will partner with Biogen to offer genetic testing at no charge to patients who may have spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). The program is called […]
Read More ›Dr. Richard Finkel, M.D., Honored with the American Academy of Neurology’s 2018 Sidney Carter Award in Child Neurology
Richard Finkel, M.D., the chief of neurology at Nemours Children’s Hospital in Orlando, Fla., was honored with the American Academy of Neurology’s 2018 Sidney Carter Award in Child Neurology, in […]
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