ALS Research

Year after year scientist are trying to find a cure against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or new ways to delay the progression of the disease - besides symptomatic treatment of course.

Below you'll find small pieces of information about the latest research.
This will be updated regularly.

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Antioxidants have no effect on the progression of ALS

In a meta analysis study it was investigated if antioxidants could prolong the life-span of ALS patients. It was shown that antioxidants had no effect on the life-span of ALS patients.

Source: Orrell RW et al. "A systematic review of antioxidant treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/motor neuron disease", AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS 9(4) pp 195-211 (2008)

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Lithium may delay progression of ALS

In a study by Fornai et al. (2008) it was shown that Lithium can delay the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Lithium was shown to induce neuronogenesis (genesis of new neurons) and remove mitochondria altered by the ALS disease. The effect of Lithium was a slower progression of the disease.

Details about this study can be found in Autophagy 4(4) 2008 pp. 527-535

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Web resources

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