FeaturedGenetics·October 25, 2013·5 min readLou Gehrig’s Disease: From Patient Stem Cells to Potential Treatment Strategy in One StudyResearchers create neurons from the skin cells of ALS patients in order to "treat" a gene defect in a dish.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 16, 2013·6 min read‘Individualized’ Therapy for the Brain Targets Specific Gene Mutations Causing Dementia and ALSUsing neurons created from iPS cells derived from people with ALS, researchers develop a new drug which appears to halt the impact of the genetic mutations in some forms of ALS and dementia.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 8, 2013·2 min readEverything in Moderation: Excessive Nerve Cell Pruning Leads to DiseaseAxon pruning becomes reactivated in neurodegenerative diseases, a new study finds.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·September 27, 2013·3 min readNew Research Helps Fight Against Motor Neuron DiseaseNew research could help find a solution to slowing down the progression of motor neuron disease.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 25, 2013·2 min readNew Mechanism for Protein Misfolding Could Link to ALSResearchers find the amino acid, BMAA, can be inserted into neuroproteins. This causes them to misfold and aggregate. BMAA has been detected in the brains of those with ALS.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 18, 2013·2 min readShining Light on Neurodegenerative PathwayResearchers have identified a possible molecular pathway which could be the of cause a number of neurodegenerative diseases, including Huntington's disease and ALS.Read More
FeaturedGenetics·September 16, 2013·5 min readDNA Damage May Cause ALSResearchers discover link between an inability for neurons to repair DNA and neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·September 9, 2013·6 min readTherapy Slows Onset and Progression of Lou Gehrig’s DiseaseBy reducing the expression of the SOD1 gene, ALS onset and progression is slowed, a new study suggests.Read More
FeaturedGenetics·July 9, 2013·3 min readNewly Identified Bone Marrow Stem Cells Reveal Markers for ALSResearchers discover four new potential biomarkers which characterize non-genetic ALS. The findings could provide new directions for diagnostics and treatment of ALS.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·June 26, 2013·6 min readPromising Alzheimer’s ‘Drug’ Halts Memory LossResearchers discover a new class of experimental drug like small molecules show promise in targeting a brain enzyme to prevent early memory loss in Alzheimer's disease.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·June 19, 2013·3 min readStaging System in ALS Shows Potential Tracks of Disease ProgressionPerforming post-mortem staging of the brains and spinal cord tissue of patients with ALS, researchers discover the neurodegenerative disease could progress from one start point in the CNS to other regions of the brain and spinal cord.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsOpen Neuroscience Articles·June 12, 2013·4 min readJammed Molecular Motors May Play Role in Development of ALSA new study finds slowdowns in the transport and delivery of proteins, nutrients and signaling molecules within nerve cells could contribute to the development of ALS.Read More
