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Review of evidence suggests Riluzole treatment may lead to extended survival

28 July 202028 July 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutesA recently published paper, reviewing 15 studies that investigated the effectiveness of riluzole as a treatment for MND in real-time, has suggested that the drug

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Emerging Gene-Targeting Therapies for SOD1-ALS

13 July 202028 July 2020

Reading Time: 5 minutesLast Thursday marked an exciting milestone in the search for effective therapies for MND as full results from the early-phase 1/2 trial of Biogen’s tofersen

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‘Hero’ proteins assemble to stop toxic clumps

31 March 202020 May 2020

Reading Time: 5 minutesMuch like fictional superheroes who are dedicated to protecting the vulnerable with their supernatural abilities, a newly discovered class of ‘Hero’ proteins with unusual properties

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MND Research Treatments

Lithium revisited: Is there a baby in the bathwater?

13 October 20175 May 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesAt last year’s Airlie House workshop to develop new ALS/MND Clinical Trial Guidelines the focus was, of course, on MND, but there was also important input

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Match-making to find a new treatment for MND

30 April 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutesTranslating recent scientific discoveries in MND into the development of new and better treatments is a major challenge we face. To facilitate this process within

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News Unproven treatments

X-cell stem cell centre has been investigated by ALS Untangled

12 May 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutesWith the internet providing an expanse of ‘quackery’ jumbled up with facts, it’s becoming increasingly difficult for anybody to know what source of information can

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