“I don’t want to go to the doctor,” I said. “What if it’s something bad?” “What are you afraid of? What’s the worst it could be?” my wife replied. “ALS …” That was the first time I said those three letters out loud — half joking, half hoping that…
Dosing has begun in a new arm of the HEALEY ALS platform trial, with Regimen I — the ninth — testing NUZ-001, an oral small molecule developed by Neurizon Therapeutics to slow declines in function and extend survival in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). As a platform…
Next week, researchers, clinicians, industry leaders, and families will gather at the 2026 MDA Clinical & Scientific Conference, hosted by the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA), to discuss the latest advances in neuromuscular disease research and care. Ahead of the event, Bionews, the parent company of this site, sat…
Blood levels of lactate — a molecule involved in how the body produces energy — may help predict survival and short-term weight changes in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), according to a new study from Australia and Japan. Researchers found that patients with lower blood lactate levels had…
AB Science has identified a new blood biomarker, produced by certain immune cells, that may help assess the activity of its experimental therapy masitinib in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The biomarker, which the company did not disclose for patent protection reasons, is capable of identifying patients…
Early birds — people with a natural tendency to wake up and go to sleep at earlier times — are significantly less likely to develop amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) than night owls, whose natural preference is to wake up and go to sleep at later times, according to a…
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Becoming educated and informed about ALS is a good first step. Here you’ll find general information about the disease, including diagnosis, symptoms, and causes.
It helps to know others have been where you are now. Here’s a collection of our columnists’ words of wisdom to help you along on your ALS journey.
There is no cure for ALS yet, but here you can find more information about current therapeutic approaches, as well as experimental treatments that are in the pipeline.
