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The Project Is The Result of an Initiative of Spanish People

Feb 7, 2014

The project is the result of an initiative of Spanish people affected by this rare disease. FARA, one of the main patients' associations in the United States now joins the endeavour The gene therapy-based research project to tackle ...

Tags: FARA, CBMSO, GENEFA Platform, IRB

Explains Why Some Motor Neurons Are Not Vulnerable to ALS

Jan 23, 2014

Explains why some motor neurons are not vulnerable to ALS and points to potential therapeutic target Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers have identified a gene, called matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9), that appears to ...

Tags: Health, Medicine

Preliminary Treatment Appears Effective to Control Motor Function in Parkinson's Disease

Jan 13, 2014

A new, preliminary treatment involving triple-gene therapy appears safe and effective in helping to control motor function in Parkinson's disease patients, according to new research. The therapy, called ProSavin, works by reprogramming ...

Tags: triple-gene therapy, Parkinson's disease, ProSavin

Proteostasis Therapeutics, Biogen Idec Collaborated to Research and Develop New Therapies

Dec 11, 2013

Proteostasis Therapeutics and Biogen Idec have collaborated to research and develop new therapies based on the inhibition of Usp14, a deubiquitinating enzyme, for the treatment of certain neurodegenerative disorders. Under the deal, ...

Tags: Proteostasis, Neurodegenerative Diseases

Soybean & Sunflower Oils Generate High Levels of Toxic Aldehydes When Heated and Reheated.

Nov 19, 2013

Depending on the type of oil you use to cook -- and whether or not you reheat that oil for multiple uses -- you could be exposing yourself to high levels of toxic aldehydes, chemicals known to cause neurodegenerative disease and cancer. ...

Tags: Reheated Oil, Health

Japan Has Suspended Beef Imports From Brazil

Dec 13, 2012

Japan has suspended beef imports from Brazil over concerns of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) - a fatal neurodegenerative disease commonly known as mad cow disease. The move comes after the South American nation informed the World ...

Tags: beef imports, Brazil, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, disease

Noa for Disease-Modifying Therapeutic Agents Is Granted to Intellect Neurosciences

Aug 3, 2012

Intellect Neurosciences has won a notice of allowance (NOA) from the European Patent Office for its OX1, which has been licensed to ViroPharma for Friedrich's Ataxia and other neurodegenerative diseases. The OX1 patent relates to a new ...

Tags: neurodegenerative disease, patent, notice of allowance

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