The Spring 2015 issue of Compass is now available online. As part of our most recent round of funding, we made five grants totaling $640,000 for basic research. Basic research investigates the cause and biology of SMA, in order to identify the most effective strategies for drug discovery. We also use basic research funding to […]
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The Annual SMA Conference will bring together well over a thousand families and researchers from around the world. During the conference, several sessions are set aside specifically for families and leading researchers to interact. One of the most important of these sessions is the Research Q&A Session that closes the conference. A dozen experts will
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Held Friday, March 13, in Philadelphia, the 3rd Annual Muscles for Mckenna Gala has raised an incredible $107,000, and organizers are continuing to take donations in hopes of reaching their goal of $115,000. In its three-year history, this event has raised a total of $321,000. The event is led by chairperson Kellie Keenan, along with
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Cure SMA is reaching out on behalf of Communispace to invite people caring for a family member with Spinal Muscular Atrophy to participate in a market research project. The pharmaceutical company sponsoring the project has partnered with Communispace, a market research company, to conduct the research. Through taking this short survey, you’ll help influence future
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Cure SMA is pleased to announce the creation of a new chapter in Virginia. This chapter will also serve residents of Washington DC. Led by chairpersons Jessica White (family support), Jim Ferry (fundraising), and Kyle & Laura Derkowski (communications/awareness), the chapter is excited to begin helping families throughout their area, and fundraising to support research
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Families’ generous donations of human tissues at the time of death are critical to an ongoing program directed to understanding how SMA damages the nervous system. One persistent mystery about SMA, of potential great importance, is why the low level of the SMN protein within all cells particularly affects motor neurons. With the tissues available
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Cure SMA has released the schedule for the 2015 Annual SMA Conference, which will be held in Kansas City, June 18-21. This will be the 26th year that Cure SMA has hosted this conference. The schedule includes the timeline of workshops and events, including the Meet & Greet and Family Fun Fest, the Family Friendly
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Cure SMA has awarded a $140,000 research grant to Chad Heatwole, MD, at the University of Rochester for his project, “Development of a Clinically Relevant Outcome Measure for SMA Therapeutic Trials.” As more spinal muscular atrophy drug programs progress to clinical trials, it becomes critically important to develop ways of accurately measuring whether or not
The Annual SMA Conference consists of two separate events that run in parallel. The first is focused on families affected by SMA, who gather for workshops, keynote sessions, networking, and fun events such as a dance party, movie night, and more. The second event is the SMA Researcher Meeting, the largest research meeting in the
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Biogen, in collaboration with Isis Pharmaceuticals, has announced that they will soon open recruiting for NURTURE. This is a multi-center, Phase 2 clinical study evaluating the efficacy of the investigational drug, ISIS-SMNRx (ISIS 396443), in pre-symptomatic newborns that have a genetic diagnosis of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). The purpose of the NURTURE study is to
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