ALS

In this undated image, a researcher examines the output from a DNA sequencer.

3 min

Technology & Science

‘Junk’ DNA might reduce the risk of developing ALS

By using samples from 70,000 people, researchers found the specific mutation

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An elderly woman gets her blood tested during a drive to provide medical check-ups for diabetes at an integrated services post in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on December 15, 2021.

3 min

Technology & Science

Israel: Researchers develop promising therapy for ALS, diabetes

'We plan to… make ALS not a devastating, lethal disease... We are trying to mimic God'

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Ady Barkan, a high-profile health care activist who suffers from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) testifies before the House Rules Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, United States, April 30, 2019.

4 min

Society

Israel: University breakthrough touted as key for ALS reversal

The breakthrough could unlock a way to delay or reverse ALS, which affects hundreds of thousands of people

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Prof. Michal Schwartz, Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of the Israeli biopharmaceutical company ImmunoBrain Checkpoint, in an interview with i24NEWS about her team's treatment for Alzheimer's reaching clinical trials, Israel, November 22, 2021.

3 min

Society

i24NEWS: Israeli-made Alzheimer's treatment heads to clinical trials

Clinical trials are set to begin in 2022 to modify the course of Alzheimer's and prevent its progression

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A collaborator of Iftach Yacoby (unseen), head of the Tel Aviv University's renewable energy laboratory, works on the research project to demonstrate the evolutionary capacities of plants with the sun to produce energy, on June 11, 2020.

2 min

Israel

Israeli drug that slowed diseases in mice to start human trials

These molecules have shown a delaying effect on the onset and progression of Alzheimers and ALS

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