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Sticky Mutant Proteins Implicated In Lou Gehrig's Disease
August 10, 2005 — A new study indicates that mutant Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1) enzymes that are associated with an inherited form of Lou Gehrig's disease cause the protein to become sticky in tissues. Partial ... > full story -
Psychiatry
Behavior
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Depression
Multiple Sclerosis Research
Multiple Sclerosis
Medication Eases Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms
July 29, 2005 — A medication used to ease symptoms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease, also is helpful in treating people with treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive ... > full story -
Silence The Gene, Save The Cell: RNA Interference As Promising Therapy For ALS
March 26, 2005 — Scientists at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland have used RNA interference in transgenic mice to silence a mutated gene that causes inherited cases of ... > full story -
New Evidence Of Retroviral Involvement In Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
February 11, 2005 — A significant proportion of patients suffering from ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease or motor neuron disease, have a marker of retrovirus activity in their ... > full story -
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Chronic Illness
Pharmacology
Brain Injury
Nervous System
Diseases and Conditions
Antibiotics Protect Nerves In Mice By Turning On Genes
January 6, 2005 — A family of antibiotics that includes penicillin may help prevent nerve damage and death in a wide variety of neurological diseases, including Lou Gehrig's disease, dementia, stroke, and ... > full story -
Parkinson's Research
Parkinson's
Chronic Illness
Alzheimer's
Diseases and Conditions
Alzheimer's Research
Mutations In A Multifunctional Protein Cause Parkinsonism
November 23, 2004 — A team of researchers at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., and colleagues in Canada and Germany have discovered a gene and six mutations of it that cause symptoms associated with Parkinson's ... > full story -
New Hope For ALS Seen With Genetic Techniques, Growth Factors
October 30, 2004 — Cell transplants, silencing mutant genes, and use of a neuron support factor may represent new ways to treat the fatal brain disorder amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ... > full story -
Human Spinal Cord Cells Help Rats With Lou Gehrig's Disease
October 25, 2004 — Human primitive spinal cord cells delayed symptoms and paralysis by a week when implanted in the spinal cord of rats destined to develop amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's ... > full story -
Olfactory Bulb Stem Cells And Lou Gehrig's Disease
October 25, 2004 — Johns Hopkins researchers have found that transplants of mouse stem cells taken from the adult brain's olfactory bulb can delay symptoms and death in a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral ... > full story -
Nerve Cells' Powerhouse "Clogged" In Lou Gehrig's Disease
July 19, 2004 — By studying rodent models of the relatively rare inherited form of Lou Gehrig's disease and tissue samples from a patient with the condition, scientists have discovered the first evidence that ... > full story
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