AI Uncovers Hope for ALS Treatment
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AI Uncovers Potential ALS Treatment in FDA-Approved Drugs: A Bay Area team leveraged AI to identify eighteen FDA-approved drugs that could potentially slow ALS, a devastating motor neuron disease. By analyzing data from twenty thousand Veterans Affairs patients, including over eleven thousand with ALS diagnoses, the study published in The Lancet revealed three drug types linked to longer survival: statins for cholesterol, type-five phosphodiesterase inhibitors for erectile dysfunction, and alpha-blockers for blood pressure. This breakthrough, funded by Mike Piscottys ALS Cure Project, offers hope for targeted trials and more time for families, but further testing is needed to confirm the findings.
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