Carmela Tartaglia, MD, FRCPC, discusses the challenges of diagnosing frontotemporal dementia, the evolving role of biomarkers, and emerging approaches to disease modification.
Carlos Cruchaga, PhD, director of the NeuroGenomics and Informatics Center at Washington University, discusses emerging blood-based biomarkers for monitoring biological and cognitive responses to lecanemab treatment in Alzheimer disease.
The designation follows phase 2 ClearMEMory data in which the oral NMDA receptor antagonist improved objective cognitive performance over placebo at 12 weeks.
The professor of neurology and program director of Neuromuscular Medicine at UC Irvine, discusses phase 3 NIMBLE trial findings for cemdisiran in generalized myasthenia gravis, including its novel siRNA mechanism, efficacy, and hospitalization data.
An MDS 2026 plenary speaker discusses the evolving role of infusion therapies, deep brain stimulation, and focused ultrasound in Parkinson disease, including when to consider device-aided therapies and how treatment selection can be individualized.