#AANAM – Trial Will Evaluate Tofersen in Presymptomatic SOD1 Patients

Editor’s note: The ALS News Today team is providing in-depth coverage of the 2021 Virtual AAN Annual Meeting, April 17–22. Go here to read the latest stories from the conference. A new clinical trial will seek to determine the optimal timing to begin treatment with the investigational medication tofersen in people…

Columbia Researchers Receive Funding from Facebook Founder to Create Atlas of Spinal Cord Cells

Columbia University medical researchers have received a grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, named after Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan, to construct an atlas of gene activity in all cells in the spinal cord. The atlas has the potential to become a reference for investigators researching injuries…