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The image shows a coronal MRI scan of a patient with ALS.

·February 12, 2013·3 min read

Novel Protein May Help Detect Lou Gehrig’s Disease and Dementia

Researchers discover an abnormal protein that accumulates in the brains of patients affected with ALS and frontotemporal dementia. The findings have uncovered a potentially new therapeutic target and biomarker that would allow clinicians to confirm diagnosis of the diseases.

This image shows a coronal brain scan of a person with ALS.

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·November 13, 2014·3 min read

Genotype Found in 30 Percent of ALS Patients Speeds up Disease Progression

Transgenic mice carrying a gene variant found in one third of people with ALS have faster disease progression and die sooner than those with a standard genetic model of the disease, a new study reports.

the researcher is holding a sample from Lake Winnipeg.

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·November 29, 2017·3 min read

Neurotoxin Discovered in Lake Winnipeg

Researchers have discovered a neurotoxin linked to a range of neurodegenerative diseases in Lake Winnipeg. The neurotoxin, BMAA, is found in high concentration in Cyanobacteria during periods of bloom.

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·October 16, 2022·4 min read

Speech as a New Diagnostic Tool in ALS and FTD

With the help of AI, researchers are developing digital biomarkers that use speech data to identify ALS and frontotemporal dementia.

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·April 20, 2020·5 min read

Researchers delay onset of ALS

Increasing the activity of interneurons in later 5 of the primary motor cortex in mouse models of ALS effectively slowed the onset of the disease.

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·June 12, 2017·4 min read

Malaria Drug Lowers Levels of ALS Linked Biomarker

According to researchers, a drug that has been used for decades to help treat malaria can lower levels of a biomarker associated with ALS.

This image shows neurons from a fruit fly and a person with ALS.

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·January 23, 2015·3 min read

The Molecular Biology Behind ALS

Researchers report they have identified a molecular defect in motor neurons which could help explain the mechanisms underlying ALS.

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·October 21, 2016·5 min read

The Role of RNA Binding Proteins in ALS

Findings from a new ALS study provide a novel therapeutic target for the disease.

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·February 20, 2018·4 min read

Brain Immune System is Key to Recovery from Motor Neuron Degeneration

Researchers report microglia is critical for neuronal survival in ALS.

Image shows brain slices with deposits of proteins associated with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.

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·February 5, 2013·3 min read

Study Confirms No Transmission of Alzheimer’s Proteins Between Humans

While evidence suggests pathological proteins linked to the onset and progression of neurodegenerative disorders are capable of spreading from cell-to-cell within the brains of affected individuals, new research shows no evidence to support concerns that these abnormal disease proteins are “infectious” or transmitted from animals to humans or from one person to another.