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AcuraStem, a patient-based biotechnology company advancing treatments for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), frontotemporal dementia (FTD), and other neurodegenerative diseases, announced today that it has successfully secured $4 million in grant funding from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) as part of CIRM's Therapeutic Translational Research Projects program, which accelerates the preclinical development of innovative therapies.

AcuraStem, a patient-based biotechnology company advancing treatments for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), frontotemporal dementia (FTD), and other neurodegenerative diseases, announced today that CEO Sam Alworth has been invited to speak at the RNA Leaders USA Congress, scheduled for September 4-5, 2024, at the San Diego Convention Center.

AcuraStem, a patient-based biotechnology company pioneering the development of treatments for neurodegenerative diseases, today announced the appointment of Dr. Ananya Sengupta as Associate Director of Program Management

AcuraStem, a patient-based biotechnology company pioneering how treatments are developed for neurodegenerative diseases, announced the expansion of its team with three new team members, bringing a fresh influx of expertise to its pioneering platform.

AcuraStem’s Head of Target Validation, Dr. Wen-Hsuan Chang, presented an update on the company's innovative UNC13A program at the 14th Annual California ALS Research Summit on January 19, 2024

AcuraStem Leverages iNeuroRx® Platform to Drive Innovative SYF2 and UNC13A Treatments Forward Toward Clinical Trial

Agreement enables the development of therapeutics, including AcuraStem’s AS-202 Candidate, an antisense oligonucleotide that suppresses levels of the PIKFYVE kinase

AcuraStem, a patient-based biotechnology company pioneering how treatments are developed for neurodegenerative diseases, is pleased to announce its sponsorship of the Gordon Research Seminar and Conference on "Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Related Motor Neuron Diseases Mechanisms, Modeling and Translational Therapeutics."

AcuraStem’s progress in advancing an antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) targeting PIKFYVE and development of therapeutic candidates targeting SYF2 in preclinical studies has been featured in a newly posted BioSpace article.

A recent study published in the journal Cell Stem Cell and co-authored by AcuraStem CEO Sam Alworth, M.S., MBA, and AcuraStem co-founder Justin Ichida, Ph.D., et al., shows that suppressing the gene encoding spliceosome-associated factor SYF2 may alleviate symptoms of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and improve neuron survival in both sporadic and genetic forms of the disease.