The Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association and the children’s charity Barnardo’s have launched a counseling service for young people in the U.K. whose family is affected by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or another motor neurone disease (MND). The service is expected to open counseling help to these…

A lightweight, wearable sensor is being developed that can detect minute facial movements and translate them into messages, potentially helping people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) communicate more easily. Once produced in mass, each device is also expected to cost about $10. The sensor is described in the study…

Transplanting a combination of two types of modified bone marrow cells eased motor deficits and prolonged survival in a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), researchers reported. Their study, “Enhancing the therapeutic efficacy of bone marrow-derived mononuclear cells with growth factor-expressing mesenchymal stem cells for ALS…

The Phase 3 clinical trial investigating an oral suspension formulation of edaravone (MT-1186) in treating amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is now fully enrolled, the therapy’s developer, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America, announced. This open-label study (NCT04165824) first opened in…

AC Immune and WuXi Biologics have announced a partnership to advance the development of an investigational antibody treatment that targets the protein TAR binding DNA protein 43 (TDP-43) for treating certain central nervous system (CNS) conditions, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Having identified and developed the anti-TDP-43…

The campaign for a league-wide annual Lou Gehrig Day recently received a major boost as all 30 Major League Baseball (MLB) teams endorsed an effort to honor the late New York Yankees star first baseman and raise awareness of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Lou Gehrig Day has…

The Stentrode, a minimally invasive, fully implanted wireless device that transmits signals from the brain’s motor cortex, can help people with upper limb paralysis control a digital device without using their hands, a study shows. In a first-in-human experience, the device…

Novus Therapeutics has enrolled the first patient in its Phase 2a trial of AT-1501 in adults with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the company announced in a press release. The trial is enrolling up to 54 adults with ALS across up to 12 U.S. treatment sites. Currently,…

After working for months behind the scenes, the ALS Association is calling a strengthened Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act (ACT) a key step toward swifter development of new therapies. The revised bill (HR 8662/S. 4867) calls for $100 million over five years for amyotrophic…

A newly identified type of immune cell — a kind of immature neurophil or white blood cell — was found to be responsible for the regeneration and survival of eye and spinal cord nerve fibers that is known to be possible in mice with induced nerve injury,…