An article in BioSpace announced that the FDA’s CNS committee met twice in recent months to discuss the merits of AMX0035 for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Within…
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…
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…
For non-music fans, this may be the first time you're hearing of The Muffs or its frontwoman Kim Shattuck. The Muffs were a Southern California punk rock band formed in 1991…
The struggle of living with a rare disease and dealing with insurance issues was in the spotlight on national television. During Tuesday night's 2020 Democratic debate for the president, Senator…
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 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…
According to a story from the Houston Chronicle, researchers are hoping that an immunotherapy treatment that was originally funded by an Ice Bucket Challenge grant could be a viable option…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Nanette Whitfield, stood beside her best friend and husband as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) painfully took his life, reported The Record Courier. Watching someone you love slowly lose everything has…
BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Inc. is looking to begin producing NurOwn® adult stem cells for their phase III clinical study on ALS patients. The therapeutic company is hoping that the development of…
Welcome back to Editor's Choice! May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month, and to bring you awareness we have a 7-minute documentary you won't want to miss! We also have some…
What does the word ‘leadership’ mean to you? Does it mean being good at your job, being well liked, or being in charge of everyone? There are plenty of people…
Every year, approximately 6,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, more commonly known as ALS. This disease is a degenerative condition that slowly kills off…
I know it’s perverse, but the second thing that popped into my head when I read about iron-based proteins and ALS, was a toy I loved as a kid. There…
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