Some people with SOD1-ALS experienced improvements in physical function and muscle strength after three years on Qalsody, an ...

A new drug may slow progression of -- and even reverse -- symptoms of a rare form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, a ...

MyoRegulator, a device to be used at home to slow disability progression in ALS, has been granted breakthrough device ...

Early initiation of tofersen (Qalsody) was associated with a numerically slower decline in people with SOD1 amyotrophic ...

Historically, people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) experience a relentless decline in neurological function that ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) remains one of the most devastating and biologically elusive neurodegenerative diseases. Despite decades of research, its underlying mechanisms are still not fully ...

Subset analysis of patients whose ALS did not progress from a long-term survival study showed NP001 saved lung function and extended life by 22 months vs. a control group (~70% on riluzole) NP001 ...

When Columbia neurologist and scientist Neil Shneider speaks to his ALS patients who volunteer for experimental therapies, he's unwaveringly honest. "Patients always ask me, 'What can I hope to get ...

Typically, the goal of ALS treatments is to slow the disease or halt progression. But new data from the antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) jacifusen for FUS-ALS show that two patients went beyond the ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a neurodegenerative disease that affects the neurons in the brain and spinal cord. In the United States alone there are ...

A new drug may slow progression of — and even reverse — symptoms of a rare form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, a new study published Monday finds. The drug, tofersen, targets a very ...

Some patients with a rare form of ALS benefited from an experimental therapy, with biomarker evidence of reduced injury to neurons and even limited functional recovery. When Columbia neurologist and ...