ALLMedicine™ Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Center

Jun 2nd, 2021 - Fused in sarcoma (FUS) is the most common causative gene in juvenile-onset amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (jALS). We presented a case of a 15-year-old Chinese girl with atypical and extremely rare bilateral abducens palsy was caused by a heterozygo...

Jun 2nd, 2021 - Profilin-1 (PFN1) plays important roles in modulating actin dynamics through binding both monomeric actin and proteins enriched with polyproline motifs. Mutations in PFN1 have been linked to the neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclero...

Jun 2nd, 2021 - Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a degenerative neuromuscular disease with marked clinical heterogeneity. This heterogeneity can be partly captured by clinical measures such as the forced vital capacity (FVC) and ALS Functional Rating Scale-...

Jun 2nd, 2021 - Since 2016, six states have legalized physician-hastened death (PHD). Neuromuscular disorders including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are common diagnoses for patients who utilize PHD, but how patients with ALS view PHD in California has not...

Jun 2nd, 2021 - We tested safety, tolerability, and target engagement of tocilizumab in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients. Twenty-two participants, whose peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) gene expression profile reflected high messenger ribonucl...

Nov 24th, 2019 - Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AQST), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing differentiated products to solve therapeutic problems, today announced that Exservan™ (riluzole) Oral Film received early-act...

Jan 8th, 2019 - Universally established comprehensive clinical bulbar scales objectively assessing disease progression in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are currently lacking. The goal of this working group project is to design a best practice set of provisi...

Dec 31st, 2015 - In 2013, MDA launched the U. S.

Sep 14th, 2011 - The evidence base for the diagnosis and management of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is weak. To provide evidence-based or expert recommendations for the diagnosis and management of ALS based on a literature search and the consensus of an exp...

Oct 13th, 2009 - To systematically review evidence bearing on the management of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The authors analyzed studies from 1998 to 2007 to update the 1999 practice parameter. Topics covered in this section include breaking...

Jun 6th, 2021 - (Reuters Health) - Scientists have identified four specific, dominant variants of the SPTLC1 gene in 11 children from seven different families who appear to have a new and unique form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The findings suggest th...

Jun 2nd, 2021 - Fused in sarcoma (FUS) is the most common causative gene in juvenile-onset amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (jALS). We presented a case of a 15-year-old Chinese girl with atypical and extremely rare bilateral abducens palsy was caused by a heterozygo...

Jun 2nd, 2021 - Profilin-1 (PFN1) plays important roles in modulating actin dynamics through binding both monomeric actin and proteins enriched with polyproline motifs. Mutations in PFN1 have been linked to the neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclero...

Jun 2nd, 2021 - Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a degenerative neuromuscular disease with marked clinical heterogeneity. This heterogeneity can be partly captured by clinical measures such as the forced vital capacity (FVC) and ALS Functional Rating Scale-...

Jun 2nd, 2021 - Since 2016, six states have legalized physician-hastened death (PHD). Neuromuscular disorders including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are common diagnoses for patients who utilize PHD, but how patients with ALS view PHD in California has not...

Jun 6th, 2021 - (Reuters Health) - Scientists have identified four specific, dominant variants of the SPTLC1 gene in 11 children from seven different families who appear to have a new and unique form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The findings suggest th...

Apr 19th, 2021 - Blue-collar workers, particularly carpenters and construction workers, have a significantly increased risk for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) compared with white-collar workers, new research shows. Investigators found manual laborers had a tw...

Mar 14th, 2021 - "Symptoms, then, are in reality nothing but a cry from suffering organs" – Jean-Martin Charcot Nearly 130 years after his death, Jean-Martin Charcot's name still resonates with modern neurologists. The famed 19th century French physician made myri...

Mar 10th, 2021 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new compound, NU-9, improved diseased upper motor neurons (UMN) in mice and shows promise for treating amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in humans, though more work is needed before a clinical trial can be started, ...

Jan 20th, 2021 - Anita Baron first noticed something was wrong in August 2018, when she began to drool. Her dentist chalked it up to a problem with her jaw. Then her speech became slurred. She managed to keep her company, which offers financing to small businesses...