Our Impact
Spring 2015 Issue of Compass Now Available
The Spring 2015 issue of Compass is now available online. As part of our most recent round of funding, we made five grants totaling $640,000 […]
Read More ›Cure SMA Announces New $140,000 Basic Research Grant to Chad Heatwole, MD, at the University of Rochester
Cure SMA has awarded a $140,000 research grant to Chad Heatwole, MD, at the University of Rochester for his project, “Development of a Clinically Relevant […]
Read More ›Cure SMA Announces Additional $315,000 for SMA Drug Program at The California Institute of Biomedical Research
Cure SMA is pleased to announce that we have extended our spinal muscular atrophy research program with the California Institute of Biomedical Research (CALIBR) with […]
Read More ›Cure SMA Awards $140,000 Grant to Francesco Lotti, PhD, of Columbia University
Cure SMA has awarded a $140,000 research grant to Francesco Lotti, PhD, at Columbia University, for his project, “Role of Sumoylation in SMN Function and […]
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 ›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 ›Help Us Make History with $750,000 for SMA Research
Just over a month ago, we announced a year-end goal of $540,000 to help fund SMA research and family support. Thanks to the generosity of […]
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 […]
Read More ›Cure SMA Funding Leads to 16 New Research Publications in 2014
An important goal of our research funding strategy is to share scientific findings with the broader scientific community. Scientists who receive Cure SMA funding often […]
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