Over the past fiscal year—from July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2017—Cure SMA has funded over $2.5 million in new research funding. This funding will be used strategically to help accelerate research, and ensure we are developing treatments for all types, ages, and stages of SMA. The areas funded include: Basic research, with a particular […]
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Cure SMA is expanding its role in spinal muscular atrophy medical affairs at the national level through its Medical Advisory Council (MAC). The MAC sets the agenda for proactive, creative, and collaborative leadership on issues that improve the quality of medical care for those affected by SMA. The focus of the Council is to build
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Genentech/Roche recently provided the following community statement with clinical trial updates for SUNFISH (Type 2/3). The SUNFISH trial is advancing to part two, which is designed to be a pivotal, marketing registration trial. Dear SMA Community, We are focused on progressing our studies with our investigational molecule RG7916 with utmost speed and quality and are
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The SMA community celebrated an impactful and advocacy-driven Awareness Month through a number of ways this August. Whether hosting candlelight vigils, meeting with state and local legislatures, holding fundraisers, coordinating MLB awareness games, and more, the community worked together to raise the general publics awareness of SMA. Advocacy Visits On August 2nd, members of the
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On Tuesday, September 19, at 12:00pm CST (10:00am PST/11:00am MST/1:00pm EST), Cure SMA will hold a webinar updating the community on the status of Spinraza access. Among the topics covered will be: The current status of dosing in states across the US Administration sites, including site list information Commercial and government insurance policies Community resources
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The Annual SMA Researcher Meeting is the largest research meeting in the world specifically focused on SMA. This year we had a record setting 470 attendees. The goal of the meeting is to create open communication of early, unpublished data, accelerating the pace of research. The meeting also furthers research by building collaborations—including cross-disciplinary dialogue,
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The Annual SMA Researcher Meeting is the largest research meeting in the world specifically focused on SMA. This year we had a record setting 470 attendees. The goal of the meeting is to create open communication of early, unpublished data, accelerating the pace of research. The meeting also furthers research by building collaborations—including cross-disciplinary dialogue,
During the 2017 SMA Researcher Meeting, we honored one of our 2017 conference champions, Dr. Victor Dubowitz. Dr. Dubowitz’s early contributions to the SMA field were seminal and have been critical to our understanding of SMA pathology and clinical presentation. Dr. Dubowitz, originally from South Africa, is a neurologist, professor emeritus at the Imperial College,
Life & Atrophy, a film about SMA, premiered at the Rhode Island International Film Festival on Saturday, August 12th. It was directed, produced, edited and photographed by Gareth Burghes. The film follows the McIntosh’s, whose son Miles has SMA Type II, as they navigate the diagnosis of SMA and as Miles continues to partake in
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Two Cure SMA-funded projects have recently been published. Diane Murrell and her team published the paper, “The Experience of Families With Children With Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type I Across Health Care Systems” in the Journal of Child Neurology. Deborah Boroughs’ paper, “An Evaluation of a Continuing Education Program for Families of Ventilator-Dependent Children with Spinal
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