Scientists say their new insights into how a key brain protein works could help resolve a long-standing question in molecular ...

Biohaven's troriluzole candidate for spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) has been turned down by the FDA, causing shares in the company to lose more than 40% of their value in pre-market trading. The news is ...

After getting a green light from the European Commission, Biogen’s Skyclarys is the first approved medicine for the inherited neurological disease Friedreich’s ataxia (FA) in the EU. Skyclarys ...

The National Institutes of Health longstanding "payline" has helped everyone see the connection between the scientific peer review process and NIH grant funding decisions. What will the latest NIH ...

A specialist nurse to support patients with the neurological condition ataxia has started work in the South West. It is a rare disorder that mainly affects balance and co-ordination. Charity Ataxia UK ...

As the Trump administration slashes and transforms the National Institutes of Health (NIH), minority health researchers are walking a tightrope, trying to maintain funding without crossing the vague ...

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) sits in front of a graph that shows how the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will be funding a lto fewer grants this year and next during her questioning of NIH ...

Cerebellum (Latin: "little brain") in orange. Cerebellar means "relating to the cerebellum." Source: 3dMediSphere / Shutterstock Since the 1970s, I've been intrigued by the cerebellum's role in peak ...

PTC Therapeutics has long been trying to workshop its vatiquinone into a marketable treatment for Friedreich's ataxia (FA) after a phase 3 fail in 2023. Despite its efforts, the FDA has snubbed the ...

The director of the US National Institutes of Health outlined on Friday a “unified strategy” to align the agency’s priorities and funding, a move he said was meant to offer clarification following ...

The Senate Appropriations Committee rejected the Trump administration’s massive proposed funding cut to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), advancing a measure that would increase the agency’s ...

Cerebellar ataxia results from dysfunction of the cerebellum, which is part of the brain that helps regulate and control movement and balance. People may experience changes in gait, speech, and eye ...