Isis Pharmaceuticals has launched a phase 2 trial to test its experimental antisense drug ISIS-SMNRx in infants with spinal muscular atrophy
posted on May 7, 2013 - 12:15pm
A phase 2 clinical trial to test multiple doses of the experimental drug ISIS-SMNRx in infants with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) has opened at four trial sites in the United States and Canada. Enrollment is expected to begin soon.
Researchers conducting a study of medical changes and complications in myotubular myopathy (MTM) are seeking individuals with MTM or their parents for 12 monthly phone interviews
posted on May 3, 2013 - 11:05am
The Myotubular Myopathy Event Study, a telephone-based survey, will gather information about MTM-associated events, such as emergency room visits, hospitalizations, medication reactions, and complications from medical procedures, as well as improved or declined motor and respiratory function.
The rapid pace of research, unprecedented number of treatments in clinical trials and opportunities to share ideas across diseases made for an exciting 2013 MDA Scientific Conference
posted on April 25, 2013 - 4:51pm
Turning neuromuscular disease research into treatments as quickly and effectively as possible was the overarching theme of dozens of formal presentations, nearly 200 scientific posters, and countless informal conversations at the MDA Scientific Conference, April 21-24.
A palpable sense of excitement pervaded the sold-out event thanks to the unprecedented number of experimental treatments in...
MDA has awarded 33 grants to fund research projects aimed at improving understanding of and finding therapies for many of the more than 40 diseases in its program
posted on August 20, 2012 - 5:55pm
The Muscular Dystrophy Association has awarded 33 new grants totaling $10,684,481 to fund research projects focused on uncovering the causes of, and developing therapies for, neuromuscular disease.
MDA's Board of Directors reviewed and approved the new grants based on recommendations from the Association's Scientific and Medical Advisory Committees, and the grants took effect Aug. 1.
At an MDA-sponsored symposium, stakeholders interested in drug development for rare diseases met to discuss moving experimental therapies from lab to clinic
posted on June 21, 2012 - 12:57pm
Enhancing collaboration and transfer of technology between academia and industry was the subject of MDA's recent Translational Research Symposium, one of a series of four MDA-sponsored research symposia scheduled in 2012.
The symposium was held June 27 in New Orleans, in conjunction with the 2012 New Directions in Biology and Disease of Skeletal Muscle Conference.
MDA and AFM co-sponsored a symposium on neuromuscular gene therapy at the 2012 meeting of the American Society for Gene & Cell Therapy
posted on May 22, 2012 - 2:25pm
Overcoming barriers to gene therapy — the delivery of therapeutic genes — to treat neuromuscular diseases was the topic of a symposium jointly sponsored by MDA and the Association Française Contre les Myopathies (French Association Against Myopathies, or AFM) at the 15th annual meeting of the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT).
Top researchers are discussing notable developments in neuroscience, including research in many neuromuscular diseases, at the annual American Academy of Neurology meeting April 21-28
posted on April 24, 2012 - 4:00am
Top scientists and clinicians from around the world are discussing the latest research in neuroscience, and the care of individuals with nerve and muscle diseases, at the 2012 annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology in New Orleans, April 21-28.
