Pharmaceutical company AB Science SA received orphan drug designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its investigational therapy for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), called masitinib. The drug is a protein kinase inhibitor (PKI) and was granted the status in order to accelerate its…
A recent study from Sweden’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) revealed three proteins that are associated with the progress of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The research team from the KTH and Science for Life Laboratory led by Anna Häggmark believe that the research is the most comprehensive plasma…
Massachusetts-based pharmaceutical company Biogen Idec Inc. has decided to rebrand the company with a shorter name and a new logo, as well as by refocusing its work and abandoning its near exclusivity to multiple sclerosis (MS) drugs to also include research on conditions such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University recently published in the journal PLOS ONE a novel resource to aid in studies focused on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) pathogenesis and related drug development. The study is entitled “A Comprehensive Library of Familial Human Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis…
The ALS Association is inaugurating its new Nevada Chapter after the group joined 39 affiliates throughout the country to work in collaboration with the local community in order to support finding effective treatments and a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The National Board of Trustees of the association recently praised…
In a new study entitled “Exome sequencing of case-unaffected-parents trios reveals recessive and de novo genetic variants in sporadic ALS,” researchers report to have identified rare genetic variants underlying sporadic cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The study was published in the journal Scientific…
A new study on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) provided evidence that certain areas of gray matter (GM) are disproportionately and asymmetrically vulnerable to the pathology of ALS. The study entitled “Exposing asymmetric gray matter vulnerability in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis” was published on the…
Positive results are in for Neuralstem, Inc.‘s phase 2 clinical trial “Dose Escalation and Safety Study of Human Spinal Cord Derived Neural Stem Cell Transplantation for the Treatment of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.” The trial, received by the FDA in…
Robert Bowser from Barrow Neurological Institute and Adriano Chio from the University of Turin, Italy were recently awarded with the 2015 Sheila Essey Award by the American Academy of Neurology and the Amytrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Association. This award recognizes scientists’ research and contributions toward the prevention, management and eventual cure of ALS. Both researchers will receive the award…
The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) continues to enhance its research and healthcare services programs and has recently hired two new Scientific Program Officers: Amanda Haidet-Phillips and Laura Hagerty, both Ph.D. They will be reporting to Grace Pavlath, also Ph.D, who joined MDA in the past year to be the Scientific Program Director…
