Neuronata-R (lenzumestrocel), an investigational stem cell therapy from Corestemchemon significantly improved function and reduced markers of nerve cell damage in a subgroup of people with slow-progressing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the final results of a Phase 3 clinical trial show. The ALSummit trial (NCT04745299) failed to meet…

I remember the emptiness I felt the first September after graduating from college. I’d been a student for 16 of my 21 years at that time, and the void of not going back to school at the end of summer was disconcerting. For some years after that, I quietly regarded…

Three researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have received 2025 MGH ALS Young Investigator Awards for their research on genetic abnormalities, faulty energy systems, and why some nerve cells are more susceptible to damage than others in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The awards announced by the Sean M.

I keep playing a new song by Bon Iver. Once my husband, Todd, who has ALS, is set up on his computer after breakfast, I turn my attention to household chores until he needs my help again. My new find, “There’s a Rhythmn” [sic], has a reflective,…

Clene Nanomedicine is on track to seek accelerated approval of CNM-Au8 for treating amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) by the end of the year, backed by neurofilament light chain (NfL) biomarker data from its expanded access program (EAP). Those analyses, which are intended to address a recommendation…