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FDA grants orphan drug status to ALS gene therapy SNUG01

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug status to Sineugene Therapeutics‘ SNUG01, a gene therapy for people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The designation is given to potential treatments for rare diseases, or those affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the U.S. It provides…

An author discusses ALS and how she became an activist

Mindy Uhrlaub, an author and activist for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), has spent a good part of her life caring for loved ones. Soon after she became a mom in 2003, her husband learned he had cancer. “Right as my older son was taking his first wobbly steps, my…

How ALS taught me to feel emotions more deeply

After the loss of my beloved dog Rudder when he was 12 years old, a close friend observed with concern that she hadn’t seen me cry. It was true, I hadn’t shed any tears publicly, and even privately I sat with my grief quietly and alone. Rudder had gotten me…