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Antibodies that target proteins wrongly expressed in the brain and driven by mutations in C9ORF72, a cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), eased symptoms and prolonged survival in a mouse disease model, a new study shows. Its researchers suggest that such antibodies could be used to treat people with…

Cognitive impairment in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) may be linked to the buildup of the protein TDP-43 in the brain, a new study suggests. However, TDP-43 alone likely isn’t the cause of such impairment, and due to the study’s small sample size, more research is needed to clarify…

The biotechnological company INmune Bio has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the ALS Association to further develop a therapy that might reprogram the innate immune system in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis…

PrimeC, a new combination treatment by NeuroSense Therapeutics to slow down or halt the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), has received orphan drug status from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and is being investigated in two recently-initiated clinical trials. The decision to…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a vast government bureaucracy, employs about 17,500 people and had a budget of $5.7 billion in 2019. Yet even with its enormous resources, the FDA these days relies more and more on patients to…

A new spinal cell delivery method may reduce the risks and boost the effectiveness of stem cell therapy designed to regenerate the nervous system in neurodegenerative diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), an early study in rats has found. The study, “Spinal parenchymal occupation by…

Much work is ongoing in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), as researchers look for better ways of treating people with a disease that progressively cripples and kills motor neurons — and possibly finding a first therapy addressing the root cause of ALS rather than its symptoms. “ALS is always…

The gleaming new Dutch headquarters of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), fronting Domenico Scarlattilaan in Amsterdam’s suburban Zuidas business district, finally opened for business last month — just over two years after the European Union decided to relocate the EMA to the Netherlands in the wake of Brexit.

A new tool to search for medicines that might treat neurodegenerative diseases linked to problems with mitochondria, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), has been developed by a team of scientists at the Scripps Research Institute, a study reports.  This tool…

At the time of his stunning 2015 amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) diagnosis, Ed Rapp was a veteran Caterpillar executive who had worked and lived around the world. Since being diagnosed, Rapp has directed his efforts toward ALS advocacy. Those efforts will be recognized on Feb. 22, when he…