I use many strategies to keep myself engaged in life and avoid getting pulled down mentally by my ALS. Being a “go-along” is one of those strategies, and it’s a perfect partner to showing up. But being a go-along — that is, accompanying my husband on his various errands…
The Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona, is calling on people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and their family members and friends to participate in a biomarker study that aims to create a bank of biological samples and clinical data collected over time. Data will be made available…
One-time delivery of a CRISPR-based gene therapy significantly reduced the buildup of toxic RNA molecules resulting from C9ORF72 mutations in cells and mouse models of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the therapy’s developer, Locanabio, reported. The approach was designed using the company’s CORRECTx platform, which uses CRISPR technology to…
After several years of support, the late-stage biopharmaceutical company Cytokinetics is reaffirming its commitment to the ALS Association and its efforts to battle amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and assist the ALS community. In addition to backing nationwide organizational efforts, Cytokinetics has, for more than a decade, provided support…
A couple weeks ago, when my husband, Todd, told me he wasn’t going to attend our kids’ end-of-the-year events at school — including our son’s band concert and our daughter’s choir concert and dance recital — it was a reality check for me about where we are in this ALS…
The estimated 2017 U.S. prevalence of individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) was 24,821, or 7.7 per 100,000 people, according to a recent report from the National ALS Registry. While a statistical model was used to account for potentially missing data, the research team emphasized that this number is…
Treatment with AMX0035 significantly prolonged the time that people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in the CENTAUR clinical trial did not require permanent ventilation or tracheostomy by over seven months, a new study shows. “People living with ALS often require medical interventions like mechanical ventilation as the disease…
My week has been full of projects, online responsibilities, physical activities, minicelebrations, and, oh yes, living with ALS. And while we ALS patients often complain that having our disease is a 24/7 challenge with no days off, I’ve found a way to give myself a mental break and enjoy…
Team Gleason and Synchron have entered into a partnership aiming to advance a technology that offers greater accessibility for people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and other conditions that affect physical movement. Synchron is developing brain computer interfaces, or BCIs — devices that can detect activity in…
A research team has developed a new way to search for genes and gene mutations that may contribute to the development of rare diseases, bypassing some of the challenges typically associated with genetic analyses. For diseases like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in which genetic factors are thought to…
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