Sensory and motoneurons respond to a variety of neurotrophic factors for survival. These factors are members of several gene families. The neurotrophins 1, hepatocyte growth factor 2, glial-derived ...

Subset analysis of patients whose ALS did not progress from a long-term survival study showed NP001 saved lung function and extended life by 22 months vs. a control group (~70% on riluzole) NP001 ...

Drawing on data from more than 2000 patients, the researchers of the retrospective study found that pulmonary function test results were associated with overall survival in non-small cell lung cancer ...

Dementia shortens life expectancy; estimates of median survival after the onset of dementia have ranged from 5 to 9.3 years. Previous studies of people with existing dementia, however, may have ...

Everyone has a chronological age. Because survivor ship declines relentlessly in pop u la tions with age-spe cific death rates greater than zero, every one also has a survivorship age (“s-age”), the ...