Ana Pamplona, PhD,  —

New “Blood-Brain Barrier Shuttle” Could Lead To Novel FA Therapy Approach

A study led Dr. Meritxell Teixidó and Prof. Ernest Giralt from the Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Barcelona, entitled “Applying the Retro-Enantio Approach to Obtain a Peptide Capable of Overcoming the Blood–Brain Barrier” was published in the Angewandte Chemie.  The study highlighted the…

Interferon Gamma-1b Tested in Friedreich’s Ataxia Pilot Study

A pilot study on the safety and effects of interferon gamma-1b (IFN-γ) in children with Friedreich ataxia entitled “Open-label pilot study of interferon gamma-1b in Friedreich ataxia” was published in Acta Neurologica Scandinavica by L. Seyer, part of Dr. D. R. Lynch’s group from the…