The air travel challenges of people with disabilities took center-stage this week in Congress through two separate congressional hearings. Cure SMA used the congressional action to once again highlight the experiences and recommendations ...
We'd like to give a warm welcome to Children’s Hospital Colorado as a newly added Cure SMA Care Center! Thank you to Loree, Ward and Lyza Weisman for your generous donation supporting your ...
Lyndsay Murray, PhD, was awarded $75,000 for her research project, “Evaluating the impact of sequential versus simultaneous administration of SMN-inducing compounds on motor unit recovery in mouse models of SMA.” Dr. Murray’s basic ...
This week, Biohaven announced that it received Fast Track designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for taldefgrobep alfa, a novel anti-myostatin adnectin, for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). ...
Cure SMA is pleased to announce that the District of Columbia (DC) is now screening babies born in DC for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). The DC Department of Health (DC Health) confirmed its ...
Despite federal laws and protections aimed at improving air travel for people with disabilities, a new report from Cure SMA highlights that the air travel experience for most individuals and families with spinal ...
Florence Rage, PhD, was awarded $150,000 for her research project, “Deciphering the Mechanisms of RNA Transport along Axons to Understand the Progression of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA).” Dr. Rage's basic research grant is ...
Saravanan Arumugam, PhD, was awarded $100,000 for his research project, “Role of Cytosolic and Mitochondrial Ca2+ in Homeostasis the Pathogenesis of Spinal Muscular Atrophy.” Dr. Arumugam's basic research grant is one of five ...
Anton Blatnik, PhD, at The Ohio State University has been awarded $100,000 for his research project, “Determining Primary Splicing Changes in Spinal Muscular Atrophy.” Dr. Blatnik's basic research grant is one of five ...
Exciting news! Registration is now open for our spring Walk-n-Roll season. It’s a new year, so make a resolution to help us cure spinal muscular atrophy by walking or rolling and fundraising for ...
In recent years, the FDA-approval of three new SMA treatments has made it possible for a growing number of affected individuals to receive disease-modifying drugs. In addition, many more potential SMA treatments are ...
Each year, Cure SMA invites scientists from around the world to submit funding proposals for basic research projects that address specific unanswered questions in SMA biology. Our Scientific Advisory Board ranks the submitted ...
