Recently, a scientific breakthrough answered a big question for a man named Jeff and his siblings. Their mother and her three ...

Study finds processed foods may trick bodies into thinking it's summer. Scientists found a hidden seasonal timer that reads ...

Flu season is ramping up across the country, with several states now experiencing severe or rising levels of illness, and a ...

Lindsey Hudson began to suspect her sleep habits weren’t the norm during her freshman year at Southern Nazarene University in Oklahoma. A competitive high school cheerleader, teenage Lindsey—busy with ...

THE INVESTIGATIONAL antisense oligonucleotide jacifusen has shown promising safety and early signs of efficacy in patients with FUS-ALS, including unprecedented functional recovery in some cases, ...

Typically, the goal of ALS treatments is to slow the disease or halt progression. But new data from the antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) jacifusen for FUS-ALS show that two patients went beyond the ...

Some patients with a rare form of ALS benefited from an experimental therapy, with biomarker evidence of reduced injury to neurons and even limited functional recovery. When Columbia neurologist and ...

An experimental drug known as ulefnersen has shown remarkable efficacy in treating a rare, aggressive form of ALS. Some patients experienced unprecedented functional recovery, offering new hope in a ...

NEW YORK, NY (May 22, 2025)--When Columbia neurologist and scientist Neil Shneider speaks to his ALS patients who volunteer for experimental therapies, he’s unwaveringly honest. “Patients always ask ...

Using the gene scissors CRISPR and stem cells, researchers at Stockholm University and the UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI) at King's College London have managed to identify a common ...

Researchers identified a new genetic mutation that may allow some people to survive, even thrive, on three hours of sleep. The mutation is called SIK3-N783Y. Scientists said mice test subjects ...