As reported in 1994, the original SOD1-G93A strain, designated G1, expressed approximately 18 copies of human SOD1, randomly inserted into the genome (Gurney et al., 1994). An unequal crossover event ...

Steps Forward: Immunoassays for cryptic HDGFL2 flag TDP-43 proteinopathy in diverse disorders. Companies have moved a PET ligand into Phase 1 trials.

Background Sensory Stimulation Systems, and GENUS, refer to a noninvasive procedure, i.e., a "digital therapeutic," being developed by Cognito Therapeutics. The company developed a wearable GammaSense ...

This database is a repository of normal genetic variability, designed to be a tool for researchers who study neurodegenerative disease. It contains whole-exome sequencing results from nearly 500 ...

Biogen’s hopes for a quick regulatory approval of its anti-Aβ antibody aducanumab may be dimming. An advisory panel convened by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration was unimpressed by the evidence ...

After months of uncertainty, the hammer fell for Biogen: In a draft decision released January 11, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed to cover the anti-amyloid antibody Aduhelm ...

After years of fits and starts, anti-amyloid immunotherapies are finally hitting their target effectively. At least four drugs have now demonstrated the ability to clear plaques from the brain: ...

Donanemab banished plaque from the brain in a majority of participants, while nudging down the rate of neurofibrillary tangle accumulation in the frontal cortex and other regions. The trial included ...

Series - Clinical Trials on Alzheimer's Disease 2018: Part 1 of 10: Bump in the Road or Disaster? BACE Inhibitors Worsen Cognition Part 2 of 10: Second Look at BAN2401 Data Still Positive, Despite ...

Not so long ago, a blood test for Alzheimer’s disease seemed a pipe dream. Now, after years of study, the field is awash with sensitive assays that signal the proteopathic culprits Aβ and tau ...

The Eisenberg group wasn’t alone. Two others—one led by Michel Goedert and Sjors Scheres at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, England, the other by Anthony Fitzpatrick at Columbia ...

The latest effort to rewrite the diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer’s disease has stirred more than a little controversy. While the proposed revisions have garnered praise from researchers for more ...