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Spring 2018 Issue of Directions Now Available
The Spring 2018 issue of Directions is now available online. Check out our Support & Care publications page to download past issues of Directions and Cure SMA’s Care Series booklets. […]
Read More ›Cure SMA and Cytokinetics Announce National Platinum Partnership for 2018
Cure SMA and Cytokinetics are very pleased to announce that Cytokinetics has committed to a National Platinum Partnership for 2018. Cytokinetics will be supporting several of Cure SMA’s awareness, education, and […]
Read More ›Indiana Becomes Fourth State to Adopt Newborn Screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy
On Friday, Governor Eric Holcomb held a signing ceremony for Indiana House Bill 1017, adopting newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID). Dubbed “Graham’s Bill” […]
Read More ›SMA Advocates Meet With House and Senate Offices
On Thursday, April 26, Cure SMA traveled with more than 70 spinal muscular atrophy advocates to Washington DC to meet with congressional offices. The advocates represented 24 states and DC. […]
Read More ›Cure SMA Awards $150,000 Grant to Chad Heatwole, MD, University of Rochester
Cure SMA has awarded a $150,000 research grant to Chad Heatwole, MD, at the University of Rochester, for his project, ” Development of a Clinically Relevant Outcome Measure for Pediatric […]
Read More ›Uniting the SMA Community Through Local Programs and Support
After her son William’s SMA type 2 diagnosis in April 2001, Heidi Johnson’s doctor immediately showed her the Cure SMA (then Families of SMA) website and said to look for […]
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