Yumanity Therapeutics, a new biotechnology company working on the development of drug discoveries for the treatment of conditions caused by protein misfolding, was launched last Monday by well-known leader in the biotech industry Tony Coles, M.D., who is not only the founding investor of the company, but will also serve as its chairman and chief…
New Biotech Company Yumanity Launched to Treat Protein Misfolding Diseases, Like ALS
A new study entitled “Aggregation propensities of Superoxide Dismutase G93 hotspot mutants mirror Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis clinical phenotypes” identified a mechanism that leads to the aggregation of SOD protein mutant forms that are typically found in Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) motor neurons. The study opens new therapeutic avenues…
New research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles indicates that genetic mutations may underlie more amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) than scientists had previously realized. The research results also revealed that the quantity of mutated genes influences at what age…
According to a July 2014 report in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), amytrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig’s disease is estimated to affect about 3.9 individuals for every 100,000 Americans, most commonly diagnosed in the elderly who are in their 70s. While the cause…
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