Wan, Fang
He, Jinchen
Ma, Hong
PiresFerreira, Debora https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7747-9599
Kumanan, Veena
Lee, Ji Sun
Chen, Xiupeng https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5916-3953
He, Ran
Su, Qin
Gallagher, Thomas L. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6381-6902
Zhu, Sha
Cabrera, Gabriela Toro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8905-1589
Zhao, Lingzhi
Shen, Joan
Gruntman, Alisha
Brown, Robert H. Jr https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6062-1528
Xu, Zuoshang https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1209-334X
Gao, Guangping https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0097-9012
Funding for this research was provided by:
United States Department of Defense | United States Army | Army Medical Command | Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (AL240123)
Article History
Received: 5 August 2025
Accepted: 28 May 2026
First Online: 25 June 2026
Competing interests
: F.W., H.M., Z.X., G.G., and J.X. are inventors of a patent application filed by the UMass Chan Medical School on SMA gene therapy. G.G. is a scientific co-founder of Voyager Therapeutics, Adrenas Therapeutics, AAVAA Therapeutics, and Aspa Therapeutics and holds equity in these companies. G.G. and J.X. are inventors on patents related to AAV-based gene therapy, some of which have been licensed to commercial entities. S.Z., L.Z., G.C., and J.S. are employees or former employees of NeuShen Therapeutics US, Inc. All other authors declare no competing interests.