Cure SMA has awarded a $90,000 research grant to Antoine Cléry, PhD, at ETH Zurich for his project, “Novel approaches against spinal muscular atrophy by targeting splicing regulators.” SMA is caused by a mutation in the SMN1 gene, which regulates the production of survival motor neuron (SMN) protein. Individuals with SMA also have one or […]
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Cure SMA has awarded a $140,000 research grant to Christine Beattie, PhD, at the Ohio State University, for her project, “Identification of SMN:HuD bound RNAs critical for motor neuron development.” Because of a genetic mutation in the SMN1 gene, individuals with SMA don’t produce survival motor neuron protein (SMN protein) at high enough levels, causing
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Cure SMA has released the schedule for the 2016 Annual SMA Conference, which will be held at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA, June 16-19. This schedule includes the timeline of workshops and events, including the Meet and Greet, Researcher Relay Race, Teen Social, Newly Diagnosed Program, Family Friendly Poster Session, and PJ Party & Movie Night.
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AveXis has released new data from their current Phase 1 clinical trial testing AVXS-101, a systemic delivery of gene therapy for SMA. The data from this initial trial will inform future clinical studies of gene therapy approaches. “The past six months has been a period of significant progress for AveXis, as we completed a successful
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Abstract submission is now closed for the 2016 SMA Researcher Meeting. We are excited to announce that we received 118 submissions, a record number. Our submissions come from researchers in 14 countries, six companies, and over 50 institutions. We expect over 300 researchers and clinicians from almost 100 organizations to attend the SMA Researcher Meeting.
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The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee yesterday passed an additional 7 bills out of committee. Along with the 7 bills previously passed out of committee, that makes 14 bills in total that have passed out of committee as part of the Senate’s “step-by-step” approach to Innovation and 21st Century Cures. Among the
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The Winter 2015 issue of Directions is now available! Please visit our Support & Care Publications page to download this issue or past issues of Directions. Our biannual newsletter builds our community by sharing stories and experiences. Families from all over the world connect with each other through Cure SMA to chat, organize, and share
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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 by a donation from the Dhont Family Foundation to Cure SMA. Individuals with SMA don’t correctly produce survival motor neuron (SMN) protein at high enough
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