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Archive for Webisodes

2011: A ‘Breakthrough Year’ for SMA Research

Posted: July 21st, 2011 | By: Staff | 2 Comments
Thursday, July 21st, 2011

The medical community has recently seen rapid advancements in the efforts to produce an SMA cure. At our 2011 Annual Conference, Dr. Chris Lorson (University Missouri-Columbia; Science Director at FightSMA) and Dr. Alex MacKenzie (University of Ottawa and the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario; Co-Chair of the FightSMA Scientific Advisory Committee) discussed the “breakthrough year” that was 2011, and shared their hopes for the promising and progressive future of SMA research.

If you have questions or concerns about the information provided here, please contact FightSMA.

(Special thanks to Rich Bailey and Metro Video Productions.)

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Preview of New Web Series: “Fighting Back”

Posted: February 24th, 2010 | By: Staff | No Comments
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

If I had my way, there’d be a swimming pool in everybody’s backyard. – Dr. Bob Leshner, M.D.

In this preview of the new FightSMA / Metro Productions sponsored webisodes, “Fighting Back,” FightSMA President Martha Slay interviews Dr. Alex Mackenzie (Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario) and Dr. Robert Leshner (Children’s National Medical Center), asking a few questions that are on the minds of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) parents everywhere.

Click the above video to watch the interview, and keep logging on to FightSMA.org for more interviews, video content, and more!

Thank you to Metro Productions, our partners in this fight, for their generous gifts of time and expertise in the pro bono production of these videos.

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