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Coave wins grant to advance gene therapy CTx-TFEB for ALS

Coave Therapeutics has received a grant from the ALS Association to support the development of its gene therapy candidate CTx-TFEB for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The grant, made through the Lawrence and Isabel Barnett Drug Development Program, is part of the $2.9 million the ALS Association…

ALS treatment Relyvrio fails trial, may be withdrawn from market

Relyvrio (sodium phenylbutyrate and taurursodiol), an approved treatment for people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), has failed to meet its primary goal of slowing disease progression in an ongoing Phase 3 clinical trial designed to confirm its effectiveness. That’s according to new data from the trial, dubbed PHOENIX,…

MDA 2024: Most patients don’t get recommended treatments for ALS

While the most recent guidelines for treating amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) recommend that patients receive three available treatments together, as soon as possible, a new analysis of U.S. data shows that most individuals with the progressive disease don’t get this combination in clinical practice. The analysis found that most…

Cannabis and ALS

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a disease characterized by extensive damage over time to motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord. Motor neurons are nerve cells responsible for the communication, or the signals, taking place between the brain and the muscles. Due to this damage, the brain is…