Research
Cure SMA Awards $140,000 Grant to Arthur Burghes, PhD, The Ohio State University
Cure SMA has awarded a $140,000 research grant to Arthur Burghes, PhD, at The Ohio State University, for his project, “Identification of SMA modifiers and […]
Read More ›Biogen Presents New ENDEAR Data Showing SPINRAZA (nusinersen) Significantly Reduces Risk of Death or Permanent Ventilation
Biogen presented new data from the Phase 3 ENDEAR study of SPINRAZA™ (nusinersen), which demonstrated a statistically significant reduction in the risk of death or […]
Read More ›Cure SMA Funding Results in 16 New Research Publications
An important goal of our research funding strategy is to share scientific findings with the broader scientific community. To help accomplish this goal, scientists who […]
Read More ›2016 Research Year-in-Review: An Historic Year for Our Community
This has been an historic year for the SMA community. On December 23, the FDA announced its approval of Spinraza, the first-ever approved treatment for […]
Read More ›The Lancet Publishes Data from Phase 2, Open-Label Trial of Spinraza (Nusinersen) in Infants
Today, Lancet published results from the Phase 2, open-label trial of nusinersen (Spinraza) in infants. This trial initiated in 2013, and patients continue to receive […]
Read More ›Cure SMA-Funded Researcher, Chad Heatwole, Publishes Paper on Clinical Trial Outcomes in Adults with SMA
Cure SMA-funded researcher, Chad Heatwole, and his team, have published a paper, “What Matters Most: A Perspective From Adult Spinal Muscular Atrophy Patients”. This project […]
Read More ›Over 35 Cure SMA-Funded Researchers Contribute to Comprehensive SMA Encyclopedia
Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Disease Mechanisms and Therapy, the first comprehensive encyclopedia of SMA, has been published by Elsevier. Over thirty five of the book’s authors […]
Read More ›Registration is Now Open for the 2017 SMA Researcher Meeting
Registration is now open for industry and academic researchers to attend our 2017 SMA Researcher Meeting, which will be held June 29-July 1 at Disney […]
Read More ›Spotlight Innovation Launches Development of STL-182 to Treat SMA
Spotlight Innovation has obtained an exclusive, worldwide license to STL-182, a novel compound invented by Drs. Elliot Androphy at Indiana University and Kevin Hodgetts, director […]
Read More ›Cure SMA-funded Researcher Sara Custer Publishes Paper
Sara Custer, PhD, and her colleagues at Indiana University have published a new paper, “Altered mRNA Splicing in SMN-Depleted Motor Neuron-Like Cells” in the journal […]
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