Advanced ALS Patients More Vulnerable to Broken Heart Syndrome, Study Suggests
Patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in advanced stages who suddenly experience worsening shortness of breath and chest discomfort are…
Articles by Magdalena Kegel
New Method to Measure RNA Decay May Help Identify ALS Therapies
Researchers have developed a method to measure the effectiveness of a process of RNA destruction that clears abnormal molecules from…
Disease Strikes Children of ALS Parents with C9orf72 Mutations at Younger Ages, Study Finds
If parents pass on mutations in the C9orf72 gene, their children not only develop amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or frontotemporal dementia but do…
Ozanezumab Fails to Show Benefit as ALS Treatment in Phase 2 Clinical Trial
A Phase 2 clinical trial, exploring ozanezumab as a treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, failed to show any benefits. The data…
Bacterial Product, Butyrate, Seen to Delay ALS Symptoms, Increase Life Span of Mouse Models
Feeding mouse models of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) the bacterial product butyrate improved their gut health, delayed the onset of…
Improving Health of Mitochondria May Be a Viable ALS Treatment Option
The amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) drug Rilutek (riluzole) prevents neuronal cell death in part by acting on mitochondria, suggesting that…
Astonishing Effects of Compound on ALS in Mice Intensifies Search for Human Therapy
Preventing the TDP-43 protein from entering mitochondria may be a treatment option for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), according to a…
Feeding Tube Surgery for Advanced ALS May Be Safer with Modified Approach and Risk Analysis
Surgery to insert a feeding tube directly into the stomach of late-stage amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients can be made safer…
Bulbar-Onset Patients Found to Have Widespread Brain Tissue Loss
Cognitively healthy amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients have brain damage that mirrors their subtype of the disease, researchers have learned,…
Low Vitamin D Levels Linked to Worse Movement Loss, but Not Disease Course
Low levels of vitamin D, found in the majority of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), are linked to more…