This Facebook video from Science Nature Page shares a little bit of information about the wearable robot hand that has been designed to help people who have lost function of their hands. Read about six ALS therapies designed to improve quality of life. The device could help people who…
Wearable Robotic Hand Could Give ALS Patients Better Hand Control
Project ALS and Amylyx Pharmaceuticals will collaborate on preclinical studies of Amylyx’s lead compound AMX0035 as a potential treatment for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). These studies will complement Amylyx’s recently initiated Phase 2 CENTAUR clinical trial (NCT03127514), which will evaluate AMX0035 in 132 patients. Since mitochondrial…
ALS is not only a confusing disease for those of us who have it, but it also throws our well-meaning friends into a tizzy. Friends who truly want to show their love and support are stymied as to what to do, how to act or what to bring.
Expression of the calcium channel Cacophony in certain motor neurons restored motor defects in a fruit fly model with TDP-43 loss, a condition found in neurodegenerative diseases like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia, a new study shows. The study, “Restoration of motor defects caused by loss…
The ALS Association of Georgia has received a $10,000 donation from William Mills Agency (WMA), an independent public relations and content marketing firm, to help the non-profit fund research and services to the local amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) community. William Mills lost its founder, William ‘Bill’ Mills Jr.,…
Option Care Enterprises will become a national provider of home infusion services for Radicava (edaravone), the first treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis that the United States has approved in more than 20 years. Bannockburn, Illinois-based Option Care will provide the services under an agreement with Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America,…
Following her husband’s frustration at not being able to do up the buttons on his formal work shirts, Maura Horton came up with a simple and practical solution: magnetic buttons. MORE: Discover seven facts about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis you might find interesting. According to a report on Fox News, Horton’s husband…
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A Song Inspired by ALS: ‘The Last Poem’
This video from Alisa Apreleva is all about an awareness campaign in Moscow, Russia, that’s helping to highlight amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). MORE: What research is being done on ALS? The video features Russian recording artists and patients in various stages of the disease singing a specially written and composed…
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An ALS Documentary: ‘Mr Connolly Has ALS’
https://vimeo.com/216244227 This film by Dan Habib is all about the extraordinary life of high school principal Gene Connolly. Connolly was the much-loved principal of Concord High School for 14 years before he was struck by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in 2014. MORE: Explaining the progression…
The Boston prep school that ALS patient Pete Frates attended has recognized him for creating the Ice Bucket Challenge that has generated a tidal wave of funding for research on the disease. St. John’s Prep named Frates, who was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in 2012 at the age of 27,…
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