Cure SMA is pleased to announce the release of “Spotlight on SMA: The Spinal Muscular Atrophy Treatment Landscape,” the final supplement in a two-part series developed in collaboration with Neurology Reviews. The goal of this partnership is to increase awareness of SMA amongst healthcare providers, including current clinical guidelines and the need for prompt diagnosis […]

This article is part of a series of Cure SMA grant announcements being shared throughout the winter/spring. Cure SMA has awarded a $150,000 grant to Emily Welby, Ph.D., of the Medical College of Wisconsin for her project titled, ” The role of astrocytes in SMA motor neuron synapse defects.” Dr. Welby is a post-doctoral researcher working

Dear SMA Community, We want to provide an update on Biogen’s efforts to help ensure the health and safety of the SMA community amid the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). As you may have heard, on February 26-27, Biogen held a strategic management meeting in Boston with primarily office-based employees. Following the meeting, several attendees developed flu-like

This article is part of a series of Cure SMA grant announcements being shared throughout the winter/spring. Cure SMA has awarded a $190,000 research grant to Umrao Monani, Ph.D., of Columbia University, for his project titled, “Genetic suppressors of the SMA phenotype.” Dr. Monani is associate professor of Neurology and Pathology & Cell Biology, and

This article is part of a series of Cure SMA grant announcements being shared throughout the winter/spring. Cure SMA and Cure SMA Canada have awarded a $100,000 research grant to Rashmi Kothary, Ph.D., at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, for his project titled, “Characterization of canonical disease features in a novel mouse model of SMA

This article is part of a series of Cure SMA grant announcements being shared throughout the winter/spring. Cure SMA has awarded a $150,000 grant to Timra Gilson, Ph.D., of Indiana University, for her project titled, “αCOP complex dependent axonal transport of RNA.” Dr. Gilson is a post-doctoral researcher working in the laboratory of Dr. Elliot

This article is part of a series of Cure SMA grant announcements that will be shared throughout the next couple of months. Cure SMA has awarded a $150,000 grant to Dmytro Morderer, Ph.D., of the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., for his project titled, “Effect of SMN deficiency on ribonucleoprotein assembly.” Dr. Morderer is a