Fight SMA Canada - Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Fight SMA Canada - Spinal Muscular Atrophy Since its creation in 1991, FightSMA has worked to bring higher levels of awareness and understanding of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).

Fight SMA is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to finding a treatment or cure for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), the leading inherited killer of children under two. It began its crusade with a successful 30-day campaign to raise $100,000 to supply researchers with vital gene-search equipment. In the years since, FightSMA has funded SMA researchers at numerous academic institutions

and biotech corporations in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Italy. The group has been involved since the initial (and successful) search for the gene that causes SMA to the more recent efforts to identify compounds which can compensate for the faulty gene and, ultimately, provide treatment for the disease. Much of the organization's success is due to a strong network of energetic and committed Chapters located across the United States and in Canada. These chapters organize fundraising campaigns and events and work to bring attention to SMA in numerous communities. In addition to the FightSMA chapters, there are families and supporters in other communities who work in fundraising and awareness-building capacities.

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