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Cure SMA Awards $150,000 Grant to Umrao Monani, PhD, Columbia University

March 13, 2018
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Cure SMA has awarded a $150,000 research grant to Umrao Monani, PhD, at Columbia University, for his project, “SMA modulators as a means to revealing disease mechanisms.” Dr. Monani and […]

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Biogen Announces New Interim Phase 2 Results From NURTURE

March 12, 2018
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Biogen recently announced new interim Phase 2 results from NURTURE, the ongoing open-label, single-arm study evaluating the efficacy and safety of SPINRAZA or nusinersen among pre-symptomatic infants with spinal muscular […]

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Cure SMA Launches Second Annual Community Survey to Address Important Issues in SMA Treatment

March 12, 2018
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Dear Members of the SMA Community, For the past several years, we’ve been working to collect data and information on our community’s experiences, goals, hopes, and challenges. We know that […]

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Indiana is the Fourth State to Adopt Permanent SMA Screening

March 9, 2018
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Last night, Governor Eric Holcomb of Indiana signed HB 1017, adding spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) to the state’s newborn screening panel. The bill makes Indiana […]

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Cure SMA Awards $150,000 Grant to Allison Ebert, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin

March 7, 2018
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Cure SMA has awarded a $150,000 research grant to Allison Ebert, PhD, at the Medical College of Wisconsin, for her project, “Role of astrocyte-produced miR-146a in SMA pathology.” SMA is […]

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Awareness is Best Raised When We Work Together

March 6, 2018
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When a loved one is affected by spinal muscular atrophy, whether recently diagnosed or living with SMA for a while, you want to make a difference in their life and […]

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