FeaturedNeurology·December 16, 2013·5 min readResearchers Reduce Toxicity Associated With Lou Gehrig’s Disease in Animal ModelsResearchers discover a new way of reducing disease toxicity in ALS which slows the dysfunction of neurons.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 25, 2013·3 min readA New Kind of Genetic Switch Can Target the Activities of Just One Type of Brain CellMicroglia plays crucial roles both in healthy and diseased brains, a new study reports.Read More
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
