BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Inc. has announced that it has secured its second U.S. manufacturing location for NurOwn®, an experimental drug currently under investigation for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis…
According to a story from the Washington Post, Dr. Rahul Desikan had chosen to dedicate much of his research career to the study of long term, neurodegenerative illnesses. About a…
According to a story from reuters.com, the U.S.-Israeli company BrainStorm Therapeutics will not provide its investigational stem cell treatment under the recently passed U.S. Right to Try law. The company…
According to a story from GlobeNewsWire, the biopharmaceutical company Orphazyme A/S, which is committed to the development of treatments for patients that are living with rare diseases, has recently announced…
According to a story from UK Healthcare, a team of researchers and scientists at UK Healthcare is preparing to start a clinical trial that will test a new therapy aimed…
According to a story from the Ottawa Sun, several hundred people participated in the annual ALS Walk on June 9th, in which people walk down the Sir John A. MacDonald…
A study has discovered a mechanism involved in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The researchers hope that this new information could contribute to finding a treatment for the condition. The full…
Military veterans are known to have twice the risk of developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) compared to the general population, but researchers are yet to understand why. The full story can…
According to a story from inhomelandsecurity.com, military veterans are roughly twice as likely to get amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a lethal degenerative disease that kills in as little as two…
The pharmaceutical company Biohaven has announced that they will be using an expanded access program to make an experimental drug for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) available to patients before F.D.A.…
A year after being approved as the first new treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in 22 years, Radicava is altering the way physicians treat the illness, which is also known…
A clinical trial is ongoing to test if stem cells harvested from bone marrow and injected into an ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) patient's spinal fluid will stop or slow the…
An organisation called PatientsLikeMe that helps to represent patients to governments and pharmaceutical companies has published a press release about the results of two recent studies designed to define and…
According to a story from the National Institutes of Health, the innovative new CRISPR gene editing technology is being used in order to identify specific genes that could play a…
According to a story from webmd.com, diesel exhaust could increase the risk of developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig disease. People who are exposed to diesel exhaust…
Often children and other family members of patients with ALS end up being caregivers for their family, which can lead to isolation and a stressful life, reports WHYY. After Jodi…
According to a story from wired.com, Stephen Hawking, one of the most famous physicists on the planet, passed away on Wednesday, March 14th, 2018. He was 76 years old. His…
Scientists in California at Salk Institute for Biological Studies are currently developing a drug that can mimic the effects in the body usually obtained from exercise, reports the National Post.…
The first new treatment approved for amyotrophic later sclerosis (ALS) has generated a lot of excitement and enthusiasm in the ALS community since its approval in May of 2017, but…
Originally reported by Columbia Daily Tribune, researchers from the University of Missouri have made huge strides towards treating, and maybe even curing, two fatal diseases: muscular dystrophy and Amyotrophic Lateral…
New evidence suggests that home care agencies are not giving Medicare assistance to chronically ill people that legally qualify for it, according to an article from wuwf.org. Take the case…
A new fundraising challenge is sweeping all social media platforms once again for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), first reported Mom.me. Back in 2014, the ice bucket challenge was a wild success, being…
The gene therapy development company, AveXis, Incorporation, just announced that they will be expanding their clinical trial development program for the potential gene therapy treatment: AVXS-101, reported Globe News Wire.…
According an article from CityNews Toronto, an anti-psychotic medication is undergoing clinical trials in the treating of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. In other studies, the treatment has shown to help slow…
There are many reasons to celebrate the life of genius physicist Stephen Hawking, but celebrating his 76th birthday is definitely extra special, reports Rare DR. As many know, Hawking suffers…
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