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A Miss for Steroid-Toting Red Blood Cells in Ataxia Telangiectasia

Monthly infusions of an investigational product that encapsulates dexamethasone sodium phosphate into autologous erythrocytes (EryDex) appeared safe but did not significantly improve neurological ...
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Researchers elucidate how a single mutation causes episodic ataxia type 6

Worldwide, only a handful of patients are known to suffer from episodic ataxia type 6, a neurological disease that causes transient loss of muscle control. The cause lies in a mutation that changes a ...
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Four National Organizations, Hundreds of Families Impacted, Join Together to Speak with FDA about Drug Development in Friedreich’s Ataxia

HYATTSVILLE, Md. June 1, 2017—The Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance (FARA), National Ataxia Foundation (NAF), Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) and Cure FA Foundation will host the first ever ...
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Pathogenicity threshold of spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 causative gene CACNA1A identified

The Department of Neurology at Niigata University and the National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP) have identified pathogenic thresholds for the CAG repeat units (RU) of the CACNA1A gene ...
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National Ataxia Foundation Partners with Biogen to Bring Bill Nye "the Science Guy" Back To the Lab With New Series About Friedreich Ataxia

MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Ataxia Foundation (NAF) today announced the launch of The Science Guy: Back in the Lab for FA, a new educational campaign to raise awareness ...