IMAGE: PETER TODD, M.D., PH.D.’S UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN TEAM FINDS GENETIC MUTATION CAUSES ‘VICIOUS CYCLE’ IN MOST COMMON FORM OF ALS. University of Michigan-led research brings scientists one step closer to understanding the development of neurodegenerative disorders such as ALS. A study published today in Nature Communications details what the researchers describe as a vicious cycle of toxic...
Tag: <span>Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis(ALS)</span>
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: New clues to the cause and how future drugs might reverse disease
Scientists have long known that a protein called TDP-43 clumps together in brain cells of people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, and is associated with neuron death. This same protein is thought to cause muscle degeneration in patients with sporadic inclusion body myositis (sIBM), leading many researchers to think...
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New research into delaying the onset of motor neurone disease shows positive results
New research conducted by scientists at the University of Sheffield into a drug candidate which could help to delay the onset of motor neurone disease has shown encouraging early results. The drug candidate was discovered by the British artificial intelligence company BenevolentAI. The study, which was led by Dr Richard Mead and Dr Laura Ferraiuolo from...