Coya Therapeutics has achieved an important regulatory milestone with U.S. FDA acceptance of an Investigational New Drug (IND) application for COYA 302, marking the advancement of a promising new treatment…
What do progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), frontotemporal dementia (FTD), and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) all have in common? People with these conditions often face long diagnostic delays due to challenges…
According to a recent article in MedicalXpress, scientists have discovered a possible method of treating amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). The study was also published in Science…
A recent release published in BioSpace announced that a gene therapy company is vigorously pursuing the study of AVB-101 to treat patients with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), including FTD with GRN…
This week the family of actor Bruce Willis announced that he received a diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia (FTD), a rare disease that causes behavioral changes, language, speech, and memory…
Welcome to Study of the Week from Patient Worthy. In this segment, we select a study we posted about from the previous week that we think is of particular interest…
A team headed by Harvard Medical School scientists has taken steps to unravel a dementia that surfaces early in a person’s life. The study, published in Neuroscience News and Nature…
Welcome to Study of the Week from Patient Worthy. In this segment, we select a study we posted about from the previous week that we think is of particular interest…
Understanding rare diseases is integral in treating them. In order to do so, research into the underlying causes and factors behind these conditions is needed. A recent study published in…
At first, Dr. Rebecca Elon began to notice her husband’s personality changes and an occasional lapse in judgment. These incidents occurred in 2013. Although Dr. Elon’s husband, William Adler III…
Blavatnik Therapeutics Challenge Awards (BTCA) Harvard Medical School has just announced the winners of their inaugural BTCA. All project winners will receive one million dollars over a period of two…
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…
According to a publication from Medical News Today, in animal studies, a failed cancer drug showed signs of promise in treating frontotemporal dementia. Frontotemporal Dementia Dementia is a blanket term…
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…
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