In a new study entitled “Transcriptome profiling of expression changes during neuronal death by RNA-Seq,” a research team employed RNA-sequencing to identify novel genes that might help regulate the death of neurons, a characteristic of neurodegenerative diseases. The study was published in the journal…
A new study entitled “Vitamin D deficiency and its supplementation in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis” suggests that further studies are needed to understand if supplementing Vitamin D in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is capable of delaying disease progression. The study is published in the…
BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on developing innovative, autologous stem cell therapies for highly debilitating neurodegenerative diseases such as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), recently announced the latest Phase 2a clinical trial results of NurOwn™, a technology that differentiates bone marrow-derived mesenchymal…
A new study entitled “Aggregation propensities of Superoxide Dismutase G93 hotspot mutants mirror Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis clinical phenotypes” identified a mechanism that leads to the aggregation of SOD protein mutant forms that are typically found in Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) motor neurons. The study opens new therapeutic avenues…
A new study entitled “Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Risk A Total Population–Based Case-Control Study” reports that using angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) significantly decreases the risk for developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The study was published in the journal Jama Neurology. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also…
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