Shingles vaccine most promising common drug to potentially prevent Alzheimer's
A new study has identified three existing medications that could be repurposed to treat or prevent Alzheimer's disease.
Nov 18, 2025
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Nervous System Diseases: News and Research on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
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Tabletop blast device brings traumatic brain injury research to the lab bench
Four University of Rhode Island researchers have developed and tested a cost-effective, easy-to-use tabletop device that can generate pressure waves, mimicking the impact of blasts that can cause neurodegeneration. Their ...
Nov 11, 2025
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Drug candidate slows motor neuron disease progression and preserves muscle function in preclinical study
A drug candidate found to protect nerve cells damaged by motor neuron disease (MND), could offer new hope to people living with the devastating condition.
Nov 11, 2025
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Removing toxic proteins before they can damage motor neurons
University of Wollongong (UOW) scientists have developed a breakthrough therapy that clears toxic proteins from nerve cells—a discovery that advances the work of the late Professor Justin Yerbury and could transform the treatment ...
Nov 10, 2025
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What happens when you donate your brain to science?
On a cutting surface inside a Scaife Hall laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh, Julia Kofler examines a brain, pointing out its weight, tiny specks of fatty plaque and other features visible even to the naked eye that ...
Nov 10, 2025
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Brain-computer interface decodes Mandarin from neural signals in real time
Researchers in Shanghai have reported in a study, recently published in Science Advances, that they've successfully decoded Mandarin Chinese language in real time with the help of a brain-computer interface (BCI) framework, ...
Reconstruction of mutated C9orf72 gene sheds light on abnormal protein synthesis in neurodegenerative disorders
Translation factors eIF1A and eIF5B are key repressors of an abnormal protein translation process linked to neurodegenerative disorders, as reported by researchers from Science Tokyo.
Nov 5, 2025
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New clue to ALS and FTD: Faulty protein disrupts brain's 'brake' system
A new Northwestern University study using patient nervous tissue and lab-grown human neurons has uncovered how a key disease protein, TDP-43, drives overactive nerve cells in the neurodegenerative diseases amyotrophic lateral ...
Oct 31, 2025
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Combination of two blood biomarkers improves diagnostic accuracy in ALS
Despite modern imaging and genetic testing, diagnosing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) remains challenging, particularly when distinguishing it from clinically similar neurodegenerative disorders.
Oct 29, 2025
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Common genetic causes across motor neuron diseases identified
Motor neuron diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP), share physical similarities but have been largely viewed as genetically distinct. However, an analysis led by investigators ...
Oct 29, 2025
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