Research
NR Times meets Coya Therapeutics’ founder and CEO Howard Berman as he closes in on his mission to halt ALS / motor neurone disease and other neurodegenerative conditions.
“Even if we see results that are half as good what we’ve already seen, this is going to change the way ALS is treated,” says Howard Berman, founder and CEO of Coya Therapeutics. The results he points to, which caused much excitement in the neuroscience research community last month, showed four people with ALS treated with Coya’s immune modulating therapy experienced a significant slowing of disease progression. ALS is the most common form of motor neurone disease (MND), while, in the US, it is also the umbrella term for MND. Coya's therapy has emerged from the Nasdaq-listed firm’s pursuit of treatments based on the enhancement of the function of regulatory t cells (Tregs) in the immune system. Read on to find out how Coya aims to build on its early promising results to change the outlook for people with ALS / motor neurone disease and wider neurodegenerative diseases. Also, we hear how the neuro-rehab community is helping to drive new treatment possibilities and why Tregs are becoming so important to our understanding of brain conditions.
New research has shown how smoking after an ischaemic stroke leads to an increased risk for major cardiovascular (CV) events and death. Despite the effects smoking has leading up to the time of stroke being well known, there has been little research into the risks persistent smoking after an ischaemic stroke has. In order to [...]
A new research study aims to look at the impact an acquired brain injury has on couples’ relationships in a bid to learn more about what support is needed.
A new study has shown that snoring, waking up during the night and other factors that build towards poor overall sleep quality could raise your risk of stroke. The researchers on this study also found a direct correlation between sleep problems and stroke risk, the more issues an individual has, the higher their risk of [...]
Childhood high blood pressure is more common than you may think, and new research shows that this may lead to high blood pressure in adulthood. This new research has shown that primary hypertension (not caused by an underlying medical condition) is now the most common type of high blood pressure in children, especially in adolescents. [...]
New research has found that Mediterranean and low fat dietary programmes reduce the likelihood of death in patients at heightened risk of cardiovascular disease. This was found as a result of the first comparative review based on randomised trials of seven popular dietary programmes. Mediterranean dietary programmes are likely to reduce stroke risk, however, other [...]
Due to the nature of telehealth care, outpatient management of stroke survivors is prone to multiple barriers, however, according to new research it also offices many advantages for addressing health equity. First author of this study, Anjail Sharrief, says that due to the COVID-19 pandemic telehealth has seen a rapid expansion into chronic care management [...]
The potential of stem cells to unlock new treatment options for brain injury survivors is being realised on several fronts, as NR Times reports. Researchers in Australia this week announced that they had begun collecting umbilical cord blood cells from preterm babies; with the aim of using them to reduce their increased risk of brain injury and disability. Theirs is the latest study seeking to unlock the full potential of stem cells in brain injury treatment. And, although at an early stage, it looks to have overcome an initial hurdle, with a 72 per cent success rate in what is a highly challenging cell collection procedure. This research focuses on the cord blood left in the umbilical cord and placenta of newborn babies after birth. It is rich in stem cells which can be used to help protect, repair and grow cells in the body.
A new study has discovered that by walking an extra 500 steps a day, you can reduce your risk of stroke by 14 per cent. Lead researcher of the study, Erin E. Dooley, ph.D, says: “Steps are an easy way to measure physical activity, and more daily steps were associated with a lower risk of [...]
White matter integrity is vital for the cognitive functions of the brain, new research has now shown how the loss of white matter and cognitive decline happens at a faster rate after stroke. The study authors compare our brains to computers “made up of processors and connections” and note that it is our grey and [...]
