Anxiety is common among people newly diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and their family members, a small study…
Articles by Margarida Maia, PhD
A particular genetic variant that boosts the activity of the NEAT1 gene can push the onset of amyotrophic lateral…
Rapamycin, an approved medication used to prevent organ rejection after a kidney transplant, didn’t increase the number of regulatory…
Spinogenix has won a nearly $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to move ahead with…
A first healthy volunteer has been dosed in a Phase 1 clinical study evaluating how safe and well tolerated is…
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While eating a high-calorie diet is safe and well tolerated, it does not appear to slow disease progression or reduce…
A “velcro-like” protein called alpha-5 integrin consistently is found at high levels in immune cells near motor neurons being damaged…
InSilicoTrials and Axoltis Pharma are teaming up to advance the development of NX210c, the latter’s lead candidate for…
A professor at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School was awarded $10,000 by Mass General Brigham (MGB) for…