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Researchers Design Exoskeleton to Help SMA Kids Walk, Some for First Time

The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) recently unveiled a prototype of what it believes is the world’s first assistive exoskeleton designed to enhance mobility for children with the degenerative illness spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a rare disease that affects 1 in 10,000 babies born in Spain. The 26-pound device, made primarily of…

Cure SMA Grants More Than $2 Million in New Research Funding

Cure SMA granted just over $2 million in new research funding in 2015-16. The non-profit organization dedicated to advocacy and treatment research funding for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), reports that the SMA drug development spectrum has expanded dramatically over the past decade, with six of the 18 programs currently in…

Cure SMA Releases Update on Spinal Muscular Atrophy Drug Pipeline

Cure SMA has just released an update on its spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) drug pipeline and, according to a press release, the latest version now includes increased coverage of potential treatment approaches to SMA: 18 active programs, 14 pharmaceutical partners, six programs in clinical trials, and 28 programs…

Nusinersen Development for SMA Moves Forward

Biogen and Ionis Pharmaceuticals have recently issued several updates on the clinical development of nusinersen, an antisense drug designed to treat spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). The partners announced that the enrollment period is now completed for both Phase 3 trials and for the Phase 2 study. Phase 3 trials remain on…

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