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Archive for May 2010 – Page 2

Happy Mother’s Day, Fighter Moms

Posted: May 9th, 2010 | By: Staff | No Comments
Sunday, May 9th, 2010

For every mother fighting childhood genetic disease:
Happy Mother’s Day, Fighter Mom.

Thank you.

From Fight SMA and the Fighter Mom program

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Advances in stem cell delivery: Implications for ALS and SMA

Posted: May 6th, 2010 | By: Staff | No Comments
Thursday, May 6th, 2010

Dr. Nicholas Boulis, a recipient of FightSMA funding and past presenter at FightSMA Annual Conferences (2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009), is currently part of a study examining the delivery of cell-based therapeutics to ALS patients. Dr. Boulis developed the surgical device that provides the stability needed for a needle to deliver therapeutic agents into the spinal cord.

Read the CNN article and watch the video by clicking here.

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