Researchers identify Novel Muscle Biomarkers of Disease Progression in ALS
In a recent report published in the PLOS One journal entitled “Transforming Growth Factor Beta (TGF-β) Is a Muscle Biomarker of Disease Progression in ALS and…
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Research At U. Pitt’s New Live Like Lou Center for ALS Research To investigate New Way Of Treating ALS
Dr. Christopher Donnelly, PhD, is the first recruit for the University of Pittsburgh Brain Institute’s new Live Like Lou Center for ALS Research. A neurobiologist who co-led a study investigating hexanucleotide repeat expansion (HRE) which scientists say is the most common cause of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and…
Researchers Develop Novel Method to Visualize Spinal Cord Neuronal Connectivity
In a recent paper entitled “Spinal Locomotor Circuits Develop Using Hierarchical Rules Based on Motorneuron Position and Identity” published in the Neuron journal, a team of researchers from the Salk Institute for Biological Sciences, La Jolla, CA and the University of Texas,…
Synapse Biomedical To Present Data on NeuRx Diaphragm Pacing System In ALS Patients
Synapse Biomedical Inc., a company that commercializes the NeuRx Diaphragm Pacing System (DPS), has recently announced it will be presenting data on the company’s Post Approval Study (PAS), a multi-center trial that demonstrated DPS’s safety and survival benefit, during the 26th International Symposium on ALS/MND. Data will be presented by Dr. Robert Miller, Principal Investigator of the…
Review On The Link Between Autophagy And ALS
Researchers at Università degli Studi di Milano in Italy recently published in the journal Cells a review regarding the link between autophagy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The study is entitled “Autophagy and Neurodegeneration: Insights from a Cultured Cell Model of ALS”. Autophagy…
Project ALS Reports All Donations From 2014 Ice Bucket Challenge Have Been Spent On Research
Social media sensation The Ice Bucket Challenge (an event that raised awareness for ALS) is celebrating its one-year anniversary, with the Project A.L.S. reporting it has now spent 100 percent of the donations raised during the 6-week challenge period on several research projects that have already revealed promising results. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal and progressive…
Antioxidant MitoQ Shown As A Promising Therapy for ALS
A study led by researchers at The Center of Free Radical and Biomedical Research at Universidad de la Republica in Uruguay revealed that antioxidant therapies like MitoQ are a promising treatment strategy for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The study was published in the journal Free Radical Biology…
Stanford University Researchers Identify Neurons That Control Muscle Movement in ALS
In a recent study published in the journal eLife, a team of researchers at Stanford University was able to identify a group of neurons that work together and fire in complex rhythms to send movement signals to muscles. “We hope to apply these findings to create prosthetic…
ALS Association Grants $1.5M to Researcher Robert G. Miller
The ALS Association has recently awarded a $1.5 million grant to investigator Robert G. Miller, MD, to be invested in the study of a potential treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), called NP001. Dr. Miller is studying Neuraltus Pharmaceuticals’ investigational therapy which will now enter a phase 2 clinical trial.
Patient Dares ALS Association to Set 2021 For Cure Goal
Chris Rosati, who was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in November 2010, challenged the ALS Association to publicly declare that a cure for the disease will be found in the next six years. In an emotional video addressed to the association’s CEO Barbara Newhouse, Mr. Rosati explained…