A team of researchers grafting human spinal stem cells into rats modeled with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as “Lou Gehrig’s Disease,” a degenerative, lethal, neuromuscular disease, have tested four different immunosuppressive protocols aimed at determining which regimen improved long-term therapeutic effects…
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Filed under: Muscular Dystrophy on December 22nd, 2011 | No Comments »
A health supplement used by bodybuilders could be the key to treating a life-threatening muscular dystrophy affecting hundreds of Australian children, new research shows…
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Filed under: Muscular Dystrophy on November 25th, 2011 | No Comments »
Researchers in Uruguay and Oregon have discovered a previously unknown type of neural cell that appears to be closely linked to the progression of amytrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, that they believe will provide an important new approach to therapies…
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Filed under: Muscular Dystrophy on October 20th, 2011 | No Comments »
Researchers at the University of Missouri have identified a communication breakdown between nerves and muscles in mice that may provide new insight into the debilitating and fatal human disease known as spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). “Critical communication occurs at the point where nerves and muscles ‘talk’ to each other…
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Filed under: Muscular Dystrophy on September 28th, 2011 | No Comments »
A group of investigators from the University of British Columbia and the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute have discovered a crucial link between prions and the neurodegenerative disease ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. This finding is considerable as it paves the way to new approaches to the treatment of […]
Filed under: Muscular Dystrophy on September 22nd, 2011 | No Comments »
The Allen Institute for Brain Science announced today the discovery of a new class of cells in the spinal cord that act like neural stem cells, offering a fresh avenue in the search for therapies to treat spinal cord injury and disease…
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Filed under: Muscular Dystrophy on September 16th, 2011 | No Comments »
All forms of ALS are caused by a protein recycling system in the neurons of the spinal cord and brain that breaks down. For neurons to function properly, they rely on the effective recycling of the protein building blocks in cells - they need to be removed and reprocessed. In ALS, when the recycling system […]
Filed under: Muscular Dystrophy on August 23rd, 2011 | No Comments »
By isolating cells from patients’ spinal tissue within a few days after death, researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have developed a new model of the paralyzing disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). They found that during the disease, cells called astrocytes become toxic to nerve cells - a result previously found in […]
Filed under: Muscular Dystrophy on August 16th, 2011 | No Comments »
From the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, investigators have identified a mutation on the SIGMAR1 gene linked with the development of juvenile amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)…
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Filed under: Muscular Dystrophy on August 14th, 2011 | No Comments »
For decades, scientists have studied a laboratory mouse model that develops signs of the paralyzing disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) as they age. In a new study appearing in Nature Biotechnology, investigators at Nationwide Children’s Hospital have developed a new model of ALS, one that mimics sporadic ALS, which represents about 90 percent of all […]
Filed under: Muscular Dystrophy on August 12th, 2011 | No Comments »