Sophia's Cure Foundation Donates $650,000 in 2012 to Nationwide Children's Hospital for Dr. Brian Kaspar's Work in SMA Research, Clinical Trial Development
Thursday, January 31, 2013 - 07:00
in Health & Medicine
Brian Kaspar, PhD, principal investigator in the Center for Gene Therapy at The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, along with a team of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) researchers and clinicians, received $650,000 in grants in 2012 from Sophia's Cure Foundation for SMA research and Phase 1 clinical trial development which is set to launch in 2013. Working together with Nationwide Children's, Sophia's Cure Foundation has raised more than $2.3 million dollars for Dr. Kaspar's program during the last three years alone.