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A Novel Human Stem Cell-based Model Of ALS Opens Doors For Rapid Drug Screening

04 December 2008

Long thought of as mere bystanders, astrocytes are crucial for the survival and well-being of motor neurons, which control voluntary muscle movements. In fact, defective astrocytes can lay waste to motor neurons and are the...
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First Trial In Patients With A Potential Treatment Of The Incurable ALS Muscle Disease

02 December 2008

Permission has been granted to start the first safety and tolerability trial on patients for a remedy for ALS. ALS is an incurable, paralyzing neurodegenerative disorder that strikes 5 persons in every 100,000...
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A Model System To Elucidate The Origin Of Protein Misfolding Neurodegenerative Diseases

28 November 2008

Amyotropic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease linked to the misfolding and aggregation of the dimers of the enzyme superoxide dismutase (SOD1). Other neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's...
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Muscular Dystrophy / ALS News Articles Archive - Page 1

25 November 2008

Growth Hormone Did Not Help ALS Patients, Study

Key Advance Toward Treatment For Most Common Adult Form Of Muscular Dystrophy - Journal Of The American Chemical Society

20 November 2008

News From The American Chemical Society, Nov. 19, 2008

Neurons Derived From Embryonic Stem Cells Restore Muscle Function After Injury

New Compounds Aimed At Muscular Dystrophy

17 November 2008

Nutra Pharma Announces Provision Of RPI-78M Under Compassionate Release To Adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN) Patients

13 November 2008

Access To Specialist Care Breakthrough With Minister

30 October 2008

Discovery Of Effective Way To Deliver Gene Therapy For Muscular Dystrophy

29 October 2008

AbleNet's Impulse™ Bluetooth(R) Technology Access For Computers For People With Significant Physical Limitations

27 October 2008

Exercise-Induced Fatigue In Muscular Dystrophies May Be Explained By Study

24 October 2008

Mathematical Modeling Strategy Integrates External Factors Into Limb Movement

23 October 2008

Discovery Of Mediator In Communication Between Neurons And Muscle Cells

22 October 2008

Q Therapeutics And Johns Hopkins Researchers Collaborate On Study Of Human Neural Glial Cells In Treatment Of ALS

Prize4Life Launches $1 Million Prize For Finding Novel Treatment Candidates For ALS

21 October 2008

Parliamentary Minister To Speak At Sixth Annual Action Duchenne Conference In London

Acceleron Initiates Phase 1 Clinical Trial For ACE-031 To Treat Diseases Involving Muscle Loss

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy - AVI-4658 Recommended For Orphan Drug Status In EU

14 October 2008

Stem Cells May Act As "Trojan Horse" To Deliver Gene Therapy To Injured Central Nervous System

09 October 2008

Toward An Effective Treatment For A Major Hereditary Disease, Spinal Muscular Atrophy - ACS Chemical Biology

08 October 2008

Roche NimbleGen Multiplex CGH Arrays Enable Detection Of Exonic Deletions And Duplications Associated With Muscular Dystrophy And Cystic Fibrosis

05 October 2008

Sue Barker MBE Presents Awards At MDC National Conference

03 October 2008

Helena Bonham Carter Is New Patron Of Action Duchenne, The Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Charity, UK

02 October 2008

Aeolus Pharmaceuticals Announces Initiation Of Multiple Dose Study Of AEOL 10150 In A Patient With ALS

01 October 2008

PTC Therapeutics Announces Data Showing Six-Minute Walk Test Consistently Measures Ambulatory Function In Patients With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

30 September 2008

Statins Not Linked To Higher Risk Of ALS Says FDA

25 September 2008

VA To Provide Full Benefits For All Veterans With ALS

24 September 2008

Families, Clinicians And Campaigners Join Forces At Scottish Parliament, As New Campaign Is Launched

Calcium Key To Muscle Function

20 September 2008

Muscle Week 2008

19 September 2008

Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation Announces Launch Of Medical Website And Online Community

WellChild Gives A Helping Hand

Confirming Muscle Stem Cell Identity

13 September 2008

First Wellstone Center In New England And First Center In World To Focus Exclusively On Facioscapulohumeral MD

08 September 2008

Safeway Raises $9.7 Million To Fight Muscular Dystrophy

04 September 2008

Action Duchenne Funds £200k For New Research For A Cure For Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Stem Cell Transplantation Benefits Mice With Childhood Motor Neuron Disease

02 September 2008

MDA Telethon's $65 Million Breaks Record

12 August 2008

Jerry Lewis Ready To Star In 43rd Labor Day Telethon For MDA

08 August 2008

Scientists Replicate Diseases In The Lab With New Stem Cell Lines

Action Duchenne Provides £150k For Gene Therapy Research For New Treatment For Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

07 August 2008

Scientists Create Disease-Specific Stem Cell Lines

04 August 2008

VA Expands Full Care Benefits To All Vets With ALS

01 August 2008

ALS Stem Cell Breakthrough

Neurons Created From Skin Cells Of Elderly ALS Patients

22 July 2008

Possible Geographical Ties To ALS Cases Among 1991 Gulf War Veterans

17 July 2008

Patient Group Launched In The South West

15 July 2008

Oxford Brookes Study Need More Participants With Muscular Dystrophy, UK

12 July 2008

Another Step Forward For Muscle Stem Cells

11 July 2008

Mice With Muscular Dystrophy Had Muscle Restored By Purified Stem Cells

09 July 2008

Whizz-Kidz Seeking Potential Wheelchair Skills Trainers, UK

MP Probes Health Minister On Services For Vulnerable Patients, UK

26 June 2008

The BBC Launches 'A Picture Of Health'

23 June 2008

Supporting Disabled Students And Staff In Further And Higher Education, UK

21 June 2008

High Quality Of Life In Spite Of Very Severe Disease

19 June 2008

Amplifying The Fight Against ALS

18 June 2008

Risk Factors For Sudden Death For Adult Muscular Dystrophy Identified

13 June 2008

AVI BioPharma Publishes Preclinical Data In Muscular Dystrophy Research

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ALS Stem Cell Breakthrough
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Scientists in the US have converted skin cells from an 82-year-old woman with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) into stem cells that formed motor neurons with the same genetic make up as the patient...

MDA Telethon's $65 Million Breaks Record
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