Cure SMA has released the full schedule for the 2016 Annual SMA Conference, which will be held in Anaheim, CA at Disneyland, June 16-19. The schedule includes the detailed timeline of workshops and events, including the Meet & Greet and Family Fun Fest, the Family Friendly Research Poster Session, and the PJ Party & Movie […]
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Cure SMA has awarded a $70,000 research grant to Dr. Christine DiDonato at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago for her project, “Assessing mediators of muscle weakness in SMA mice.” Individuals with SMA do not produce survival motor neuron (SMN) protein at high enough levels, leading to debilitating and often fatal muscle weakness. One of the
Today, AveXis, Inc. presented an interim analysis of data as of April 1, 2016 from the ongoing Phase 1 trial of AVXS-101 for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) Type 1. Jerry Mendell, MD, director of the Center for Gene Therapy at The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, presented the data at the
The Family Friendly Research Poster Session is one of the most anticipated events of our Annual SMA Conference. Each year, Cure SMA invites researchers from the SMA Researcher Meeting, which is held in parallel with the family conference, to present their findings to families in way that is accessible to them. During the event, families
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Recently, Cure SMA confirmed three new board members and several new committee members. These new members will provide additional leadership in the areas of advocacy, FDA/regulation, and research. We extend a warm welcome to new board members Annie Kennedy, Spencer Perlman, and John Porter, PhD. We also extend a warm welcome to new committee members
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Ionis Pharmaceuticals provided an update on its ongoing open-label Phase 2 clinical study of nusinersen in infants with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) at the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) meeting. The data reported show that there have been no new events, as defined by progression to permanent ventilation or death, in the study since December
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Cure SMA is featured by Astellas Pharmaceuticals as part of their new Changing Tomorrow Together website. Cure SMA Research Director Jill Jarecki contributed a spotlight piece about Cure SMA’s research model: how and why we fund different areas of research, and the crucial role our community plays in drug development for SMA. Because of the
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One of the most significant aspects of the Annual SMA Conference is the bringing together of families and researchers in the same event. The 2016 Annual SMA Conference is poised to set a record for the largest conference ever, with well over 1100 families and researchers already registered. As the world’s largest gathering of SMA
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Cure SMA-funded researcher Peter Schultz has been awarded a four-year NIH grant of just over $2 million to support his research into small molecules to treat SMA. Cure SMA has funded the work of Dr. Schultz and his team at the California Institute of Biomedical Research (Calibr) through three drug discovery grants in 2012 and
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Cure SMA is pleased to announced that, thanks to a generous grant from The Dhont Family Foundation, we are offering conference scholarships to all adults with SMA. The scholarship covers registration for one adult, age 18+, and one aide. Each year, we look forward to reuniting as a community at the Annual SMA Conference. One
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