Directory of Diseases Benefiting from SMA Research
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Researchers around the world are working side-by-side with Fight SMA, trying to find a treatment or a cure for the killer disease spinal muscular atrophy. As they make progress unlocking a cure for SMA, their work is also making strides toward understanding and possibly curing a number of other rare conditions.
Below is a directory of those diseases and disorders receiving a “collateral benefit” from spinal muscular atrophy research, and links to sites where more information can be found about them. If you have a website that provides information about any of these diseases, please contact us. If the site meets our criteria, we will include it in our directory. If we do include your link, we ask that you provide a link back to Fight SMA or FighterMom in return.
Adult Diseases and Disorders
ALS/Lou Gehrig’s Disease
• NINDS
• ALS Association
• A Caregiver’s Guide to Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s Disease
• NINDS
• Alzheimer’s Association
Parkinson’s Disease
• NINDS
• National Parkinson Foundation
Childhood Diseases and Disorders
Deafness-Dystonia
• Orpha.net
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
• MDA
• Parent Project MD
Fragile X
• National Fragile X Foundation
Friedreich’s ataxia
• NINDS
• Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance
Gaucher Disease
• NINDS
• National Gaucher Foundation
GM2A (AB Variant of GM2 Gangliosidosis)
• Genetics Home Reference
Machado-Joseph Disease
• NINDS
• International Joseph Diseases Foundation
Menkes Disease
• NINDS
Metachromatic Leukodystrophy: Late Infantile
• NINDS
• MLD Foundation
Myotonic Dystrophy
• MDA
• Stone Circle of Friends
Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (Batten Disease): Infantile, Late Infantile, Classic Late Infantile, and Late-Onset
• NINDS
• Batten Disease Support and Resource Foundation
• Taylor’s Tale
• John and Birdie’s Cure Batten Disease Charity
Niemann-Pick Disease Types A and B (NPD)
• NINDS
• National Niemann-Pick Disease Foundation
Sialidosis and Galactosialidosis
• Hide and Seek Foundation (Info on Galactosialidosis)
• ISMRD (Info on Sialidosis)
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1 (Olivopontocerebellar Ataxia 1)
• NINDS (Info on Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy and Ataxia)
• GeneReviews
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2/Episodic ataxia type 2
• GeneReviews
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6
• GeneReviews
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 7 (olivopontocerebellar atrophy with retinal degeneration)
• NINDS (Info on Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy and Ataxia)
• GeneReviews
Tay-Sachs Sandhoff
• NINDS
• National Tay-Sachs and Allied Diseases Association