What Are The Differences and Similarities Between MS and ALS? There are some similarities between the two. For example, both diseases are neurodegenerative. This means that both diseases damage…
According to a publication from Neuroscience News, a team of researchers has managed to examine how amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) progresses on a cellular level for the first time. The…
According to a press release from the Muscular Dystrophy Association published at Biospace, the group has resolved to award eight new research grants for the study of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis…
Tracheostomies in ALS A tracheostomy is essentially an invasive procedure which helps patients breathe. It also removes secretions from their lungs. Doctors cut an opening into the patient's neck and…
According to a story from MD Magazine, the team at Spatial Transcriptomics has utilized an innovative computational approach in order to map gene expression on the spinal cords of patients…
According to a story from the Yale Daily News, Brian Wallach, class of 2003, was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease, in November of 2017. Although being…
According to a story from EurekAlert!, a team of scientists has discovered a genetic variation that can cause amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. This variant acts on a biologic pathway that has…
Researchers at BGN Technologies (at Ben-Gurion University) have come up with a new way to predict and monitor progression of a wide array of neurodegenerative diseases. One of the illnesses…
The Importance of Speech The ability to speak gives individuals not only the opportunity to communicate with one another, it provides an outlet for expression, creativity, and connectedness. Unfortunately, that…
According to a story from pm360online.com, the Orion Corporation, a pharmaceutical company based in Finland, has recently announced that it plans to continue its Phase 3 trial of levosimendan as…
According to a story from brightsurf.com, a team from the Washington University School of Medicine, based in St. Louis, has succesfully developed a gene therapy that appears to prevent damage…
According to an article published by Washington University of Medicine in St. Louis, scientists appear to have succeeded in slowing axon destruction in mice through standard gene therapy. Though an…
According to a story from the USC News, a team of doctors with the University of Southern California (USC) ALS Clinic are doing their best to help Shaun Kalpakoff, a…
Spinocerebellar Ataxia (SCA) refers to a group of neurodegenerative disorders. Ataxias are a component of the nervous system which control movement. SCA occurs when the ataxias in the brain or spinal…
According to a story from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National ALS Registry is playing a vital role in learning more about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a devastating…
According to an article from The Herald, Scottish Rugby legend Doddie Weir's My Name'5 Doddie Foundation has contributed £50,000 towards pre-clinical development of a drug to treat motor neuron disease.…
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a condition which affects the bodies nerve cells. It's neurodegenerative and progressive, causing the patient muscle weakness and muscle atrophy. It eventually results in paralysis.…
Niemann-Pick Disease Type C is a lysosomal storage disorder caused by malfunction of the NPC1 protein. This protein's dysfunction results in a buildup of lipids in the lysosomes. As a…
According to a story from Buzzfeed News, Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of the smash hit children's cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants has passed away at age 57. Last year, Hillenburg had revealed…
Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of Nickelodeon's iconic cartoon series “SpongeBob SquarePants,” died Monday of this week after battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (or ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease). What is ALS?…
In 1993, researchers found one of the causes of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). ALS is a neurodegenerative disorder which affects the motor neurons. Motor neurons are responsible for transmitting…
According to a story from telegram.com, a group of researchers from the University of Massachusetts medical school recently announced that they may have reached a major treatment breakthrough for genetically…
For a long time, neuromuscular diseases such as muscular dystrophy, ALS, and inclusion body myopathy were thought to be caused as a result of toxic clumps of proteins such as TDP-43.…
According to a story from Newswire, the specialty pharmaceutical company Tikomed recently announced that the first patient has been dosed in an clinical trial testing the company's experimental product ILB.…
According to a story from The Examiner, Sarah Nauser-Olsen was at a great place in her life: she had a stable job as a police officer and was also well…
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