According to a story from globenewswire.com, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently accepted the New Drug Application (NDA) for arimoclomol. This application is for the use of the…
According to a story from BioSpace, the biopharmaceutical company Clene Nanomedicine, Inc., has recently announced that it has completed the process of enrollment patient participants in its upcoming phase 2…
According to a recent article in MedicalXpress, researchers in Japan led by Dr. Shinsuke Ishigaki and his team at Nagoya University, have identified new molecular details about tau’s activity. Alzheimer’s,…
Within the last month, BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Inc. announced the publication of pre-clinical data on the NurOwn system. NurOwn technology produces autologous, bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) for…
For years, scientists believed there might be a connection between amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), also sometimes known as frontotemporal dementia. However, researchers from Osaka University may…
Happy Friday! We're about halfway through Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Awareness Month. It's a type of severe skin reaction that often involves admission to a burn unit for treatment. Looking for ways…
Seelos Therapeutics has recently received approval to proceed with phase IIb/III of their trial of trehalose, an investigational ALS treatment. The FDA alerted Seelos of this approval on August 7…
The HEALY ALS Platform Trial, being conducted by Biohaven Pharma, has begun enrolling patients. This study is intended to test the efficacy of three treatments on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS),…
Scientists and researchers have long known how important glial cells are to the nervous system. Not only do these cells make up a majority of cells within the central nervous…
According to a story from globenewswire.com, the biopharmaceutical company Orphazyme A/S has recently announced that it has submitted its New Drug Application (NDA) for its experimental treatment arimoclomol to the…
CytRx Corporation has recently received the Fast Track designation for their ALS treatment, arimoclomol. This status was also given for the treatment of Niemann-Pick disease and sporadic Inclusion Body Myositis…
What would motivate a man, who has been living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) for twenty years, to accept an invitation to become part of a five-man team and…
Recently, scientists from Emory University set out to discover whether there was any pathological link between spinocerebellar ataxia type 36 (SCA36) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia (ALS/FTD). Both…
Biological robots, commonly known as biobots, mimic the actions of other organisms (e.g. jumping or swimming). Biobots are composed of artificial materials and also organic material. As published in…
ProMIS Neurosciences is a biotechnology company that works specifically with antibody treatments, and they have recently developed intrabodies for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). This same therapy has…
Seneca Biopharma, Germantown, Md., issued a press release announcing its recent meeting with the FDA to discuss elements of a final design and protocol for a Phase 3 trial investigating…
As reported in Chicago Reader; sometimes, the only way to deal with unsurmountable health horrors is to laugh. At least that's how Ben Byer handled it, as he set into…
If you have read the news at all lately, you know that ventilators are a sought-after piece of medical equipment. With hospitals looking to treat mass amounts of patients…
Researchers at Columbia University have discovered a new gene, TBK1, that is linked to the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). A lack of understanding of a rare disease hinders…
A recent study, conducted my Melinda Kavanaugh from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, examined the role of children who are acting as caregivers for those diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis…
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Advances in medicine have been responsible for longer overall survival in patients with neurodegenerative-neuromuscular diseases. According to a recent report in RTMagazine, an increase in the number of patients…
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ALS News Today recently announced the introduction of a Phase 3 clinical trial for oral edaravone, a drug that has previously been approved for slowing the decline of physical…
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According to a recent article in ALS News Today, the FDA’s Orphan Status designation has been granted to NeuroSense Therapeutics for its drug, PrimeC, to treat ALS. PrimeC received the designation…
As originally reported in Mayo Clinic, Dr. Veronique Belzil realized she wanted to leave her job as a psychologist to find a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis when she saw…
NeuroSense Therapeutics, a biotechnology company, is in the process of developing PrimeC. PrimeC was created for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and it is meant to slow or…
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