Category Archives: ALS Treatment

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis has affected his face, speech and right arm, but here he was with his wife, Kelsie, and their children -- Cohen, 10, and Willa, 7 -- to present the Norris Trophy and raise awareness of the progressive neuromuscular disease. Snow thumped his chest with his left arm in appreciation. "ALS is an isolating disease," Kelsie told the audience Continue reading →

PALO ALTO, Calif., Dec. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Neuvivo, Inc., a company developing clinical-stage treatments for ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases, today announced its corporate launch, the expansion of its executive team and the creation of its Scientific Advisory Board. Neuvivo's leadcandidate, NP001, has received Orphan Drug and Fast Track designation by the FDA for use in ALS Continue reading →

Last year, Rebecca Andrews made a promise to her dying sons. "I promised them that I would never stop fighting for a cure and treatments until I took my last breath," Andrews said. The boys were the victims of a rare genetic form of ALS, also called Lou Gehrig's disease, which eventually took their lives within a year of each other Continue reading →

Ni2o will use Nurosene's NetraAI technology to accelerate their research into neurodegenerative disease treatments. TORONTO, Nov. Continue reading →

AviadoBio has come flying out the traps surrounded by A-list names. Incubated at F-Prime Capital and Johnson & Johnsons JJDC, AviadoBio exited stealth with $80 million from backers such as New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and a C-suite led by Novartis veteran Lisa Deschamps. The investors and executives have coalesced around the work Christopher Shaw, Youn Bok Lee, Ph.D., and Do Young Lee, Ph.D., have carried out at King's College London Continue reading →

The 2022 Light of Day Festival takes place in January. Continue reading →

(Beyond Pesticides, December 2, 2021) Astudypublished in Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry finds atrazine (ATR) exposure worsens lung disease outcomes in individuals with idiopathic (spontaneous) pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a group of incurable lung diseases involving damaged/scarred lung tissue. Continue reading →

VAN WERT Van Wert Fire Department is celebrating its 50th anniversary as an Advanced Life Support (ALS) ambulance with paramedics. Continue reading →

Show Caption Hide Caption Bloody discovery could be clue in mystery of missing Dover Twp. man Thomas Hayden Sr. has not been seen in years Continue reading →

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, November 30, 2021--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alpha Cognition Inc. (TSX-V: ACOG) (OTCQB:ACOGF) ("Alpha Cognition", or the "Company"), a biopharmaceutical company committed to developing novel therapies with the potential to transform the lives of people with debilitating neurodegenerative disorders, is pleased to announce that it has reported its Third Quarter financial results of fiscal 2021. Select Financial Information for Q3-2021: (for the period ended September 30, 2021) Research and development expenses were $2.1M for the three months ended September 30, 2021 ($1.1M Q3-2020). Continue reading →