January 20 is a day dedicated to the social acceptance of disability and to honor the late Annie Hopkins, SMA type II, who is the founder of 3E Love and creator of the International Symbol of Acceptance. Acceptance is created from an Empowered movement that Educates others to Embrace diversity and Love Lifeby seeing beyond […]
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Swiss drugmaker Roche has agreed to buy privately-held Trophos. Roche, the third largest pharmaceutical company in the world, will now bring its resources to help move olesoxime forward. Olesoxime is a neuroprotectant being developed to treat spinal muscular atrophy. At the 2014 Annual SMA Conference, Dr. Eric Dessaud of Trophos presented results of a Phase
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Cure SMA has awarded a $30,000 clinical care grant to Deborah Boroughs, RN, MSN, for her project focusing on caregiver training. Individuals with SMA have complex and unique medical needs. However, parents and other in-home caregivers often don’t receive the information and training they need, especially when the individual is discharged from the hospital. This
On Saturday, October 25, 2014, Leo’s Pride and over 600 participants ran and walked a 5K or 1 mile in support of Leo Bugenske and Cure SMA. In addition to the race, they also celebrated Leo’s first birthday with a beautiful cake. From the proceeds, the Bugenskes donated $17,000 to purchase eight EasyS Strollers for
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Audrey Lewis founded Families of SMA, now Cure SMA, 30 years ago. Audrey recognized early on the importance of attracting new and talented researchers to SMA, with the hope that they would commit their careers to developing a treatment and cure for SMA. Cure SMA honors Audrey’s legacy with the Audrey Lewis Young Investigator Award,
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Thanks to you, we raised over $770,000 in the month of December, as part of our annual campaign. The stage is set for historic advances in SMA research over the coming years, and we want to make sure it happens. After quickly besting our original goal of $540,000, we asked you to make history by
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Cure SMA has awarded a $50,000 clinical care grant to Rebecca Hurst Davis in the lab of Dr. Kathy Swoboda, for her project focusing on blood sugar levels in SMA. Children with SMA sometimes develop insulin resistance or glucose intolerance, meaning they cannot properly regulate their blood sugar. This project will measure how the blood
During the Annual SMA Conference in Washington DC this past June, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) hosted a workshop on clinical trial design in SMA for drug developers, clinical trialists, and FDA representatives. The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) used the meeting as a forum to discuss the appropriate outcome measures
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The Fall 2014 issue of Directions is now available. Directions, our biannual family support 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 stories, photos, news, information, and—most importantly—hope. This 120-page issue includes: Information on the upcoming
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Cytokinetics and Astellas jointly announced plans to begin a Phase 2 clinical trial in 2015 in patients with spinal muscular atrophy. The trial will test CK-2127107, a muscle activator. CK-2127107 will be the seventh SMA drug program to advance to clinical trials. Cure SMA provided funding to Cytokinetics for research focused on the potential application
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