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Dr. Martin Lemay A research project dedicated to the posture and breathing of patients who suffer from spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) has been awarded a $50,000 grant from Cure SMA. The grant awarded to Martin Lemay, PhD, is the last to be…

The Cure SMA has organization awarded a research grant totaling $80,000 to support a project from Linda Lowes, PT, PhD, at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. The project is entitled “Development of An Innovative Outcome Measure to Define Disease Progression in SMA Type I for Use in the Home or Clinic” and…

After working for 30 years funding research projects dedicated to spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and facing the challenges related to it, Cure SMA is launching a new booklet to assist in the introduction of the research process. “Advancing…

The oil and gas company Newfield Exploration awarded a $2,500 grant to nonprofit organization Cure SMA. The funding will be invested in Cure SMA’s main mission of supporting both patients and families who suffer the burden of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) as well as research projects working to…

Cure SMA has expanded its research program focused on finding treatments and a cure for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) by providing an additional $315,000 in funding to support drug discovery at the California Institute of Biomedical Research (CALIBR). The grants aim to accelerate a research project…

Cure SMA, which supports research to find a treatment and an eventual cure for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), has awarded a $140,000 grant to the research project “mTOR and Protein Synthesis in SMA” currently being conducted by Mustafa Sahin, MD, PhD, at Boston Children’s Hospital. The…

Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a drug development company using RNA-targeted technology to develop novel drugs for the treatment of cardiovascular, metabolic, severe and rare diseases such as spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), has been invited to present its pipeline of therapeutic products at three conferences within the next few months, according to a press release from…

“Mo” the Monkey Conducting clinical trials with pediatric patients is always a challenge, as the age of participants adds additional barriers to the successful completion of a scientific study, as well as adds immense stress on both the child and parents. This is particularly true with Type 1 Spinal Muscular…

Pfizer and Repligen have ended their partnership focused on developing therapeutic options for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), according to a news report from GEN and other news outlets. The collaboration was worth up to $70 million, but was ended by Pfizer…

A team of researchers from Denmark found that a cycle training program was able to modestly improve oxidative capacity in patients with Spinal Muscular Atrophy type III. Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a motor neuron disease characterized by an autosomal recessive disorder that is caused by inherited mutations in the survival motor neuron…