Possible New Treatment for Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy
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Possible New Treatment for Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy

A team of researchers from the University of Alberta have created a possible treatment for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). Their work has been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy…

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Parkinson’s Disease: BEAT-PD Dream Contest Winners Announced
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Parkinson’s Disease: BEAT-PD Dream Contest Winners Announced

  Launched in January of 2020, and ending in May, the BEAT-PD Dream Challenge was designed to understand whether passive data collected from sensors could track symptom severity and disease progression…

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Congenital Ichthyosis and Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Clinical Trials are Now Enrolling Patients
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Congenital Ichthyosis and Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Clinical Trials are Now Enrolling Patients

Timber Pharmaceuticals focuses on rare diseases of dermatologic origin. These include scleroderma, congenital ichthyosis, tuberous sclerosis complex, and facial angiofibromas. They are currently working on two clinical trials. Trial 1…

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New Study Finds Potential RNA Treatment for Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Type 1 A
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New Study Finds Potential RNA Treatment for Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Type 1 A

CMT1A Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) has a few different subtypes. 60% of all patients diagnosed with type 1 of the rare disease have CMT1A. This subtype means patients have an duplicate copy…

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Biomarkers in Alzheimer’s Give Researchers a Heads Up to Predict Early Parkinson’s Disease
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Biomarkers in Alzheimer’s Give Researchers a Heads Up to Predict Early Parkinson’s Disease

  Parkinson’s News Today recently published an article containing new information about biomarkers in Alzheimer’s disease that can be linked to the early stages of Parkinson’s disease. Many people with…

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