Scientist Jingsong Zhou, PhD, has received a $2.88-million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study…
Articles by Patricia Inácio, PhD
Researchers doing early-stage investigation into potential new ways to halt neuron death seen in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) have received…
Low levels of membralin protein in the brain cells that support and protect neurons lead to the accumulation of the…
Using a smartphone to collect amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients’ self-reported scores in the ALS-specific functional rating scale…
Use of statins, the blood cholesterol-lowering medications, for more than a year was linked to a lower risk of developing…
Injection of human neural stem cells into the spinal cord of people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) was found…
People with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) who tolerated higher doses of tirasemtiv showed a trend toward slower decline in breathing muscle…
The ALS Association has launched a financial aid program, called The Jane Calmes ALS Scholarship Fund, to help students whose…
Accumulation of TDP-43 protein is known to drive neurodegeneration associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Now, researchers…
The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) is financing eight new research projects aimed at developing new treatments and markers of disease progression for…