A new drug may slow progression of -- and even reverse -- symptoms of a rare form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, a new study published Monday finds. The drug, tofersen, targets a very ...
Health Canada has cleared the way for ALS patients in that nation to join the ongoing ALSTARS U.S. trial testing therapy ...
Some people with SOD1-ALS experienced improvements in physical function and muscle strength after three years on Qalsody, an ...
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) remains one of the most devastating and biologically elusive neurodegenerative diseases. Despite decades of research, its underlying mechanisms are still not fully ...
Subset analysis of patients whose ALS did not progress from a long-term survival study showed NP001 saved lung function and extended life by 22 months vs. a control group (~70% on riluzole) NP001 ...
Some patients with a rare form of ALS benefited from an experimental therapy, with biomarker evidence of reduced injury to neurons and even limited functional recovery. When Columbia neurologist and ...
Typically, the goal of ALS treatments is to slow the disease or halt progression. But new data from the antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) jacifusen for FUS-ALS show that two patients went beyond the ...
Jonathan Wosen is STAT’s West Coast biotech & life sciences reporter. You can reach Jonathan on Signal at jwosen.27. Researchers have found that patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis have ...