Dr. Smith served as a panel member for a session at the 2014 California ALS Research Summit that focused on the treatment of ALS with antisense therapeutics. Furthermore, he presented a brief overview of a hypothesis regarding the spread of ALS within the nervous system. For more information about the ALS Summit, click here.
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As a finale for 2013, CNS was privileged to be included in a manuscript that was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. This work, spearheaded by Dr. Brian Kaspar, demonstrated in-vitro that supportive cells in the brain (astrocytes) are toxic to motor neurons, thus creating an ideal test tube model of ALS. This study should greatly facilitate research into the cause and treatment of ALS.
Drs. Smith, Ravits, and Bowser presented a poster at the International ALS meeting in Milan. The presentation summarized the evidence for a novel theory about the progression of sporadic ALS which is currently thought to spread from cell to cell. Dr. Smith and his colleagues propose the initial spread of the disease may occur via the spinal fluid pathway.
The following week, Dr. Smith spoke at the International Clinical Research Center in Brno, Czech Republic.
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