March 14, 2018 – Hawking Tribute

CNS, along with the worldwide community of patients, scholars, and physicians, laments the recent passing of Dr. Stephen Hawking. Some years ago, he kindly wrote the prologue to "Handbook of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis which was edited by our director, Dr. Richard Smith. We assume that anyone who had a personal relationship with Dr. Hawking would be interested in reading this.

Accordingly, we have digitalized this, and the link to his prologue can be found here.

January 16, 2018 – Scientific American Feature Article on Huntington's Disease

Scientific American recently published "Experimental Huntington's Therapy Shows Promise in a Small Trial" that notes the drug discovery efforts of CNS, Ionis Pharmaceutical Corporation, and Dr. Don Cleveland at UCSD.

December 3, 2017 – CNS featured in the UCSD Guardian

Dr. Richard Smith, a local neurologist and director of the Center for Neurologic Study in La Jolla, told the Union-Tribune that the pathway for this new drug was etched a decade ago and was met with some skepticism initially. He stated that the “point that has drawn the most skepticism from peers has always been drug delivery.” This article can be found here.