ALS Patients Show Gains in Ongoing Study of MediciNova’s Ibudilast Therapy
MediciNova has presented positive interim data from an ongoing clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of MN-166 (ibudilast) in the treatment…
Articles by Margarida Azevedo, MSc
Boston Children’s Hospital Formalizes Augmentative Communication Program (ACP) to Bank ALS Patient’s Voices
The Augmentative Communication Program (ACP) at Boston Children’s Hospital has received a $1.5 million donation to set up a program focused on…
ALS Study Shows Muscle Activators Might Reduce Cramping
Flex Pharma, Inc., a biotechnology company developing novel proprietary treatments for spasms and nocturnal and exercise muscle cramps associated with…
Data from ALS Study of Ibudilast Therapy to Be Discussed at ALS Pac10
MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company that acquires and develops novel, small-molecule therapeutics for diseases with unmet medical needs, recently…
New ALS Clinic Announced: Jefferson Weinberg ALS Center to Open its Doors January 2016
A new multidisciplinary clinic, the Jefferson Weinberg ALS Center, has announced it will open its doors on January 8th 2016. The new clinic…
First Transgenic Mouse Model of Familial ALS Created in Lab
The first transgenic mouse model for the most common type of the familial form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou…
In ALS, Sensory Neurons Found to Be Affected Early
In a recent study published in the Journal of Comparative Neurology, researchers found that the same sensory neurons that…
New ALS Study of Ibudilast in Patients Set to Start
MediciNova, Inc. recently announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the protocol of a novel…
ALS Prize4Life Challenge Opens Ways to Predicting a Patient’s Prognosis
The winners of the DREAM ALS Stratification Prize4Life Challenge were recently announced by Prize4Life, Sage Bionetworks and the DREAM…
Serotonin Role in Nerve Cell Repair Highlighted in Study
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh studied the effect of the hormone serotonin in the regeneration of motor neurons after…