Project ALS is pleased to share that the FDA has approved the drug edaravone – the first approved ALS treatment in over 20 years.
Edaravone, a free radical scavenger, appears to react with nerve-damaging compounds generated as part of the disease process. After six months of treatment, on top of standard-of-care, data showed the intravenous drug reduced the rate of functional decline in patients by about a third.
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Project ALS & the Robert Packard Center for ALS Research present Challenges & Opportunities of ALS Modeling
Packard Center and Project ALS host workshop to share knowledge on culturing human neurons as an essential research tool From April 28–30, more than forty