Our Impact
Cure SMA Awards $200,000 Grant to Charlotte Sumner, MD, Johns Hopkins University
Cure SMA has awarded a $200,000 research grant to Charlotte Sumner, MD, at Johns Hopkins University, for her project, “Neurofilaments as markers of neurodegeneration in […]
Read More ›Cure SMA and Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy Announce Collaboration
Today, Cure SMA and Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD) announced their strategic collaboration to collect real-world data to improve the lives of those affected by […]
Read More ›Cure SMA Awards $150,000 Grant to Veronica Pessino, PhD, Salk Institute for Biological Sciences
Audrey Lewis founded Families of SMA, now Cure SMA, 34 years ago. Audrey recognized early on the importance of attracting new and talented researchers to […]
Read More ›Cure SMA Awards $150,000 Grant to Laxman Gangwani, PhD, Texas Tech University
Cure SMA has awarded a $150,000 research grant to Laxman Gangwani, PhD, at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, for his project entitled, “Function […]
Read More ›Cure SMA Announces Expanded Phase 3 of SMA Industry Collaboration
Cure SMA is pleased to announce the launch of an expanded Phase 3 of our SMA Industry Collaboration. The SMA Industry Collaboration is a multi-faceted […]
Read More ›Hope on the Hill Congressional Dinner Raises $200,000
The 8th Annual “Hope on the Hill” Congressional Dinner was held on Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at The Willard Hotel in Washington, DC. More than […]
Read More ›2018 Research Year-in-Review
Over our past fiscal year—from July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2018—Cure SMA has funded over $5 million in new research funding. This funding will be […]
Read More ›Cure SMA Funding Leads to 16 New Research Publications in 2018
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 […]
Read More ›Advocacy Year-in-Review 2018
For Cure SMA, 2018 has been a year of great progress. As we continue to make strides into 2019, it is important to take a […]
Read More ›Fall 2018 Issue of Compass Now Available
The fall 2018 issue of Compass is now available online. This issue of Compass covers the SMA Care Center Network and its goal of developing an […]
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