Cure SMA has awarded a $140,000 research grant to Arthur Burghes, PhD, at The Ohio State University, for his project, “Defining the contribution of RNP assembly pathways to the SMA phenotype.” Because of a genetic mutation in the SMN1 gene, individuals with SMA don’t produce survival motor neuron protein (SMN protein) at high enough levels. […]

Cure SMA has awarded a $90,000 research grant to Antoine Cléry, PhD, at ETH Zurich for his project, “Novel approaches against spinal muscular atrophy by targeting splicing regulators.” SMA is caused by a mutation in the SMN1 gene, which regulates the production of survival motor neuron (SMN) protein. Individuals with SMA also have one or

Cure SMA has awarded a $140,000 research grant to Christine Beattie, PhD, at the Ohio State University, for her project, “Identification of SMN:HuD bound RNAs critical for motor neuron development.” Because of a genetic mutation in the SMN1 gene, individuals with SMA don’t produce survival motor neuron protein (SMN protein) at high enough levels, causing