ALS Association Awards Cytokinetics $1.5 Million for Biomarker Research

Cytokinetics, Inc., a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing first-in-class muscle activators as potential treatments for debilitating diseases, recently received a grant worth $1.5 million from The ALS Association. The funding will be crucial to gather clinical data and plasma samples to further ALS biomarker studies in VITALITY-ALS,…

A study led by researchers at The Center of Free Radical and Biomedical Research at Universidad de la Republica in Uruguay revealed that antioxidant therapies like MitoQ are a promising treatment strategy for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The study was published in the journal Free Radical Biology…

LC Technologies, a top industry developer of eye tracking software and NuShield, Inc., a screen protector and glare-elimination technology firm, have teamed up to provide communication mobility for disabled patients who can’t communicate through speech or hand motion, as is the case with ALS patients. Until very recently, large and bulky LCD monitors with matte…

New data revealing a link between the LDL receptor-related protein 4 (LRP4) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) was presented during the 67th American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting in April 2015. The presentation was entitled “LRP4 antibodies are frequent in serum and CSF from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients”. ALS is…

In a new study entitled “Neural population dynamics in human motor cortex during movements in people with ALS” researchers at Stanford University shed light on how the brain controls muscle movement. Their findings may help accelerate the development of prosthetic devices for patients with motor neuron…

Researchers at the University of Alberta and the National Institute for Nanotechnology in Canada recently reported new insights into the misfolding process of proteins from a normal structure to a disease state characteristic of degenerative disorders. The study entitled “Protein misfolding occurs by slow diffusion…

In a recent study published in the journal eLife, a team of researchers at Stanford University was able to identify a group of neurons that work together and fire in complex rhythms to send movement signals to muscles. “We hope to apply these findings to create prosthetic…

Researchers at Columbia University, New York recently published in the journal Cell Reports their findings on eight different master regulators involved in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) neurodegeneration in mouse models. The study is entitled “The Regulatory Machinery of Neurodegeneration in In Vitro Models…

The ALS Association together with the ALS Finding a Cure Foundation recently announced a $3 million funding for two Phase II clinical trials via the ALS Accelerated Therapeutics (ALS ACT) initiative, a project focused on accelerating the discovery of new ALS therapies in part by funding pilot clinical…

The ALS Association has recently awarded a $1.5 million grant to investigator Robert G. Miller, MD, to be invested in the study of a potential treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), called NP001. Dr. Miller is studying Neuraltus Pharmaceuticals’ investigational therapy which will now enter a phase 2 clinical trial.