On March 22, 2023, via PRNewswire, the FDA announced that its CNS Drugs Advisory Committee voted unanimously in favor of a potential accelerated approval of tofersen to treat people with…
STATHMIN-2 (STMN2) is a protein that has been proven to play a role in axonal development, repair, and stability. This protein is highly expressed in human motor neurons; research…
In the United States, Orphan Drug designation is granted to drugs or biologics being developed to treat, prevent, or diagnose a rare disease. These are conditions affecting fewer than…
Two Southern California University studies showed a reduction of neurodegenerative activity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) research models with each using a different treatment route. As reported in Inside Precision…
Doddie Aid, which begins January 1st and continues for the following six weeks, aims to encourage people to get active while raising funds to support research into motor neuron disease…
James Clarke, now 42 years old, has always loved sports. He watched as Doddie Weir, a Scottish rugby union player, tirelessly worked to raise motor neuron disease (MND) awareness. Doddie…
According to a story from myscience.org, neurodegenerative diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, are diseases that progressively worsen over time. However, progression in this disease is not consistent across all…
An announcement via PR NewsWire by NeuroSense Therapeutics based in Cambridge, Massachusetts carried the results of its multi-dose study of PrimeC to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) Expectations are…
According to a story from CNN, a new treatment was recently approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's…
The loss of axons (nervous system wiring) has been responsible for various neurodegenerative diseases such as peripheral neuropathies, Parkinson’s disease, glaucoma, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). According to a…
It can be extremely difficult to incentivize drug development for rare diseases or conditions. To combat this, decades ago, the FDA created the Orphan Drug Act. Now, Orphan Drug designation…
StatNews recently carried an article describing a paper prepared by New York’s Tisch Research Center and published this week in the Brain Communications journal. The paper contains promising breakthroughs on…
According to a story from Upstate Medical University, the college's ALS Treatment and Research Center has been a certified center of excellence for research and clinical care that has helped…
According to a story from Market Screener, the clinical stage biopharmaceutical company Kringle Pharma, Inc., has recently announced an update on the progress of its phase 2 clinical trial. The…
According to a story from Medical Xpress, a medicine used to treat high blood pressure and enlarged prostate could be a potential therapy for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a rare…
At the end of July 2022, biotechnology company Biogen Inc. shared via news release some exciting updates in regards to its therapy tofersen, an investigational treatment for patients with…
Sometimes, it can be difficult to diagnose amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a progressive neurological disease which causes nerve cell (motor neuron) death in the brain, brain stem, and spinal…
Thanks to Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, Canada becomes the first country worldwide to have access to an ALS drug branded Albrioza (originally AMX0035). According to an article in Yahoo News, the drug…
The new FDA-approved oral formulation of Radicava ORS (edaravone) is more convenient than the intravenous formulation, yet the efficacy and composition remain the same. The oral formulation may also be…
According to a story from ALS News Today, around 5,000 people get diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) annually. In addition, costs of treatment for patients average $250,000 out of…
At the end of March 2022, ALS News Today announced that IFB-088, an experimental treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), earned Orphan Drug designation from the FDA. The treatment was…
Scientists at London’s University College and a team of scientists at Stanford University simultaneously made the same discovery about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS): the genetic variant in the protein UNC13A…
Have you ever heard of an astrocyte? This star-shaped cell is found throughout the nervous system. Normally, healthy astrocytes protect motor neurons from damage or degeneration. But according to Medical…
Many people living in rural areas of the U.S. must drive a long distance to receive their medical treatments. According to Yahoo News, twenty-nine-year-old Leah Stavenhagen, now living and…
Three organizations focused on amytrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) as well as other rare neurodegenerative diseases, have just celebrated the House of Representatives' passage of the ACT for ALS (H.R.3537/S.1813). The…
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