The non-profit organization Cure SMA has released the Spring 2015 issue of Compass, its research publication on the organization’s mission and most recent updates. Compass is a newsletter and online publication available for download that intends to increase the knowledge of patients who suffer from…
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Jim, Mckenna and Amy Ellixson The Annual Muscles for Mckenna Gala was held for the third year in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has raised $107,000 in donations to support the non-profit organization Cure SMA. It is still possible to donate to help the organization reach the $115,000 goal, as the funding will finance…
The global consultancy company Communispace is conducting a market research project with care providers and family members of patients who suffer from spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Those interested in participating need to simply fill out an online survey on the demands of taking care of a loved one…
Patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) exhibit many signs of mitochondrial paucity. Weakened muscles and other pathologic muscle changes are accompanied by decreased levels of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and decreased levels of mitochondrial respiratory chain complex proteins, such as complex II. Although all signs lead to decreased levels of…
Patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) are subdivided into four categories based on disease severity and age of diagnosis, with type I the most severe and diagnosed in infancy and type IV the least severe and diagnosed in adulthood. It is known that the copy number of SMN2 genes…
The nonprofit organization Cure SMA has announced the launch of a new chapter based in Virginia. The new Cure SMA Virginia Chapter will not only serve residents of the state, but also those with the disease and their families in Washington DC. The establishment of the Virginia chapter…
Researchers in the Division of Pharmacology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine in Japan are looking at ways of modeling spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) using cells derived from SMA patients. In a recent report published in Stem…
The non-profit organization Cure SMA is praising families that donate human tissue from their deceased relatives who suffered from spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), as the donations are crucial for a research program assessing the damage caused by SMA to the nervous systems of patients. The research is dedicated to increasing…
A study published in the Kobe Journal of Medical Sciences revealed a new method for the diagnosis of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) by specifically detecting deletions in the SMN1 gene. The study was led by researchers at Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine and…
The non-profit organization Cure SMA has provided a $140,000 research grant to support the development of a project conducted by Chad Heatwole, MD, at the University of Rochester. The project entitled “Development of a Clinically Relevant Outcome Measure for SMA Therapeutic Trials” is supported by the organization’s basic research…
