Cytokinetics announced that it has joined with efforts by the European Organisation for Rare Diseases (EURORDIS) and the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) to raise awareness for Rare Disease Day. Cytokinetics is focused on discovering, developing, and commercializing new types of muscle activators, and has developed the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) drug candidate…
Meet Nanci Ryder, one of the four people with amyotrophic lateral Sclerosis (ALS) honored by the ALS Association, in February 2016, for their extraordinary efforts in making a difference for the ALS community. Read more on ALS here: https://bit.ly/1RmVMwo…
Last week’s hot topic on ALS was an article titled Simplesa Expands ‘Deanna Protocol’ Diet Supplement Choices for ALS Patients written by Carolina Henriques. The article is focused on the expansion of the Deanna Protocol Bundle Pack choices for consumers by Simplesa, a nutrition…
Northwestern University researchers Anne Marie Piper and Brenna Argall have received the prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation for exceptional work, some of which has implications in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) research. The CAREER Award supports promising young faculty members who lead by example…
In this 13WHAM ABC video, meet Cindy Ling. She watched her father die from ALS and now she is living with the disease, she was diagnosed in October of 2013. According to the ALS Association, 5,600 people in the United States are diagnosed with the disease each year. But some patients like Cindy…
In this video by NathanAndRose, watch Rose describe the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis disorder (ALS) and the American organization (ALS Association) which is searching for the cure. Learn more about ALS here: https://bit.ly/ALSNewsToday…
Wiat reports a very special event to raise awareness for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). At the second edition of “Changing the Game”, in Alabama, meant to honour those battling ALS, Bo Jackson, running back for Auburn University, tells of his experience dealing closely with friend’s ALS journey. Read the whole article…
New research by MIT Sloan Prof. Andrew W. Lo, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute‘s David Weinstock, M.D., and Vahid Montazerhodjat, an MIT post-doctoral fellow, offers a solution for the excessive costs associated with breakthrough therapies that already exist for certain diseases such as ALS: securitized consumer healthcare loans (HCLs). The research introducing this practical…
In this Alternative 10s video, get to know what ALS is and how it affects patients suffering from it. Learn more about ALS here: https://bit.ly/ALSNewsToday…
Meet Steve Gleason ALS (also known Lou Gehrig’s disease) fighter. “For reasons that are not understood, the nerve cells of the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary muscle movement gradually deteriorate. As a result, muscles waste away, leading to paralysis and eventually death.” Learn more about…
