Key Players in Neuroinflammation Tied to ALS, Depression Highlighted

A recent review summarized the effects of immune system dysregulation and neuroinflammation in the regulation of critical pathways associated with depression and other brain disorders, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The researchers specifically focused on extracellular vesicles (EVs) as potential biomarkers and drug delivery vehicles. The review, “Neuroinflammation and Depression: Microglia Activation, Extracellular Microvesicles…

In this ALS Association video, learn more about our military heroes who were being diagnosed and dying from Lou Gehrig’s disease in the years following the operation Desert Storm in 1981. Learn more about ALS here: https://bit.ly/ALSNewsToday…

Read the Articles Here: ALS Stem Cell Therapy Seen to Benefit Patients in First Round of Clinical Tests ALS Patients Show Increased Response to Specific Receptor in Spinal Cord ALS Severity, Duration May Be Linked to Glutamate Toxicity  …

Cytokinetics Inc. has presented its Vision 2020: Empowering Our Future – an initiative designed to expand the company’s pipeline until 2020, as well as advance its muscle biology-directed drug candidates toward late-stage development and marketing strategies, to tackle the unmet medical needs of people living with impaired muscle…

Meet Dr. Bradley Jacobs of premier health specialists, the Clinical Neuroscience Institute. In this video, he explains some of the symptoms of ALS and what is does to your body through out time. Learn more about ALS: https://bit.ly/ALSNewsToday…

Meet Anthony Carbajal. You might know him for being one of the guys who started sharing word about ALS  and also the Ice Bucket Challenge. His first video was really emotional and touching, so much that it even got him to go to The Ellen Show, among other several…

The ratio of N-acetyl aspartate (NAA) to glutamate is related to disease duration in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a finding that supports the notion of glutamate toxicity as a contributing factor in ALS pathology. Earlier studies have indicated that the neurotransmitter glutamate is involved in ALS. People with sporadic ALS…

In this video from ALS Therapy Development Institute, watch this video remembering Lou Gehrig’s ALS speech. “Courtesy of Major League Baseball. July 4, 2014, marked the 75th anniversary of Lou Gehrig’s “Luckiest Man” speech. MLB clubs nationwide aired this video of MLB first basemen honoring the ‘Iron Horse’.”…

In this video from the ALS Association, find out more about the accelerated research to find treatments and a cure for ALS. Learn how your support has helped to triple the amount of money spent on research each year; facilitate partnerships with university scientists and drug industry…

A panel of leading amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) researchers recently published a review study, supported by the ALS Association, detailing the state of disease biomarker development and calling for the formation of an ALS Biomarker Consortium to speed up research into more effective disease treatments. The review, titled “ALS biomarkers…