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Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending December 20, 2024. 

NeurologyLive® Friday 5 — December 20, 2024

Managing ALS, particularly its respiratory complications, requires a collaborative multidisciplinary team—including neurologists, pulmonologists, and respiratory therapists—working together to address the complexities of respiratory failure, the leading cause of death in these patients.

Breathing Life Into ALS Care: The Vital Role of Multidisciplinary Teams

Although the primary goal was not met, prasinezumab demonstrated encouraging effects on secondary and exploratory measures, such as time to worsening motor function, Clinical Global Impression of Change, MDS-UPDRS motor scores.

Parkinson Agent Prasinezumab Misses Primary End Point But Shows Positive Effects in Other Outcomes

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The assistant professor of neurosurgery and neuroscience at Mayo Clinic Arizona discussed an ongoing early-stage study assessing the therapeutic potential of NRTX-1001 nerve cell therapy in drug-resistant unilateral mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. [WATCH TIME: 5 minutes]

Studying Nerve Cell Therapy NRTX-1001 to Treat Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: Jonathan Parker, MD, PhD

Assistant professor of neurosurgery and neuroscience at Mayo Clinic Arizona

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The program assembles a collaborative team of in-house and external experts in research, clinical care, and regulatory affairs to navigate gene therapy programs through the drug development process.

FDA Grants MDA Kickstart Program Rare Pediatric Disease Designation and Orphan Drug Designation in Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome

IJMSC Insights offers a closer look at the latest research and the people behind it from the community of the International Journal of Multiple Sclerosis Care (IJMSC) and the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC).

IJMSC Insights: Blanca De Dios Perez on Employment and Multiple Sclerosis

Pediatric epilepsy specialist at University of California, San Francisco.

At AES 2024, a duo of pediatric epilepsy specialists discussed how implementation science, validated blood biomarkers, and cross-disciplinary collaboration are advancing epilepsy care and closing research gaps. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

Advancing Epilepsy Research Through Implementation Science and Biomarkers: Adam Numis, MD; Laura Kirkpatrick, MD

NeurologyLive is your direct connection to the latest neurology news and interviews with expert neurologists in multimedia formats.

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