SMA research

SMA Europe provides funding for five new research projects in SMA

SMA Europe is funding five new research projects that are intended to advance understanding of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and guide the development of new therapies. The funding comes as part of SMA Europe’s…

Hope on the Hill event celebrates progress in SMA research, advocacy

At Cure SMA’s 13th annual Hope on the Hill event in Washington, D.C., spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) patients, their families, lawmakers, and other advocates gathered to celebrate recent progress in disease research and legislative…

2D model may speed treatments for SMA, other neuromuscular diseases

Researchers have developed a two-dimensional (2D) model that mimics the crosstalk between nerve and muscle cells. They intend to use it to screen large numbers of compounds in the hunt for treatments for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and other neuromuscular diseases. “We want to start by seeing if we…