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High Caloric Diet May Prevent Progression Of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
April 17, 2006 — A recent study directed by the Mount Sinai School of Medicine suggests a ketogenic- high caloric diet may prevent the progression of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). This study, which appears in ... > full story -
Exercise Plus Gene Therapy Shows Promise For Treating Lou Gehrig's Disease
November 14, 2005 — A new study in mice gives hope that a combination of gene therapy and exercise may extend the lives of people who have Lou Gehrig's disease. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's ... > full story -
Protein Aggregates In Lou Gehrig's Disease Linked To Neuron Death
October 27, 2005 — Little is known about the cause of ALS. What is known is that misfolded and damaged proteins clump together in cells to form aggregates and motor neurons die. Scientists have long debated whether or ... > full story -
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Chronic Illness
Human Biology
Nervous System
Diseases and Conditions
Huntington's Disease
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 -
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
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