The most common genetic cause of the brain diseases frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a mutation in the C9orf72 gene. Researchers from VIB and UAntwerp, headed ...

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Sept. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Alector, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALEC), a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering immuno-neurology, today announced that the first ...

A mutation in the gene C9orf72 that causes a cascade of neuroinflammation and autoimmunity has been discovered, potentially leading to a treatment for ALS and dementia. Patients with amyotrophic ...

A telltale sign of viral invasion, double-stranded RNA sounds cellular alarm bells that touch off a firestorm of interferon. According to a paper published July 7 in Science Translational Medicine, ...

Scientists at Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida created a novel mouse that exhibits the symptoms and neurodegeneration associated with the most common genetic forms of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) ...

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WORCESTER, Mass. – Using a short, synthetic chain of chemically modified nucleotides engineered in the RNA Therapeutics Institute at UMass Chan Medical School, Robert H. Brown Jr., DPhil, MD, Jonathan ...

In many amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) patients, symptoms of autoimmune inflammation arise before any neurological symptoms appear. In 2011, it was shown that ...

What did Stephen Hawking and Mao Zedong have in common? They both suffered from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), a cure for which remains elusive. Scientists from Osaka Metropolitan University ...

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have discovered why a gene that, when mutated, is a common cause of two debilitating brain diseases: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ...

For many patients and caregivers with neurological diseases, receiving a diagnosis often triggers a complex series of emotions. And while it’s an answer that helps provide clarity, it’s not always the ...