A couple of weekends ago, someone said something I hear all too often: “You are so lucky to be able to bring your dog with you.” I know they meant it kindly, but my first thought was, “Lucky?” Wendy is not just my dog. She is my service dog.
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Larimar Therapeutics has begun the process of asking the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to grant accelerated approval to nomlabofusp, its protein replacement therapy for Friedreich’s ataxia (FA). Typically, drug developers seeking a therapy’s approval need to finish the entire application before submitting it to the FDA.
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I help lead teen hangouts for the Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance (FARA), so I hear about the trauma often faced by these strong, emerging adults with Friedreich’s ataxia (FA) and other forms of ataxia. Their stories pull me back to my own diagnosis 44 years ago. As someone…
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I had to bite my lip to keep from screaming as I watched my 14-year-old daughter, Amelia, who has Friedreich’s ataxia (FA), roll onto the basketball court. I’m constantly navigating a fine line between being a supportive mom and an embarrassing parent. Amelia is a teenager, after all. Her…
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Use of the experimental gene therapy LX2006 is generally safe and appears to improve or stabilize markers of heart health among people with Friedreich’s ataxia (FA). That’s according to newly published data from two early clinical trials that tested the one-time infusion therapy in a small number of…
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My husband, Dave, and I have been trying to think of fun, inexpensive things to do this summer. That sounds simple, but my disability from Friedreich’s ataxia (FA) makes it complicated. Sometimes the hardest part of disability is the way it changes ordinary pleasures. We live near the ocean…
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Becoming educated and informed about FA is a good first step. Here you’ll find general information about the disease, including diagnosis, symptoms, and causes.
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There is no cure for FA yet, but here you can find more information about current therapeutic approaches, as well as experimental treatments that are in the pipeline.
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