Malika Ammam, PhD,  —

Malika Ammam received her MS degree from the University of Pierre et Marie CURIE in July 2002 and her PhD from the University of Paris Sud XI, France in September 2005. From 2006 to 2007, she worked as a research fellow at the University of Kansas in collaboration with Pinnacle Technology Inc. (USA). From 2007 to 2010, she was a research associate at KU Leuven, Belgium. From 2010 to 2012, she worked at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology in collaboration with Alcohol Countermeasure Systems Corporation, Canada. She held a prestigious Rosalind Franklin fellowship and resigned in 2015. Now, she is a freelancer.

Articles by Malika Ammam

August 26, 2016 News by Malika Ammam, PhD

SMA Patients Being Recruited for Phase 2 Study of Skeletal Muscle Therapy

A Phase 2 clinical trial investigating a potential treatment, CK-2127107, in people with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), ages 12 years and older, is currently recruiting patients in the U.S. with varying degrees of disease severity (Types 2, 3, or 4). CK-2127107 is an investigational drug candidate designed for skeletal muscle and other debilitating neuromuscular…

October 20, 2015 News by Malika Ammam, PhD

Genetic Therapy Restores Motor Neurons in SMA Model

Researchers from The Jackson Laboratory in Maine, in collaboration with Isis Pharmaceuticals, tested a novel therapeutic candidate (antisense oligonucleotides) in genetically engineered mice with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), observing it could restore some functionality of motor neurons. The study entitled “Systemic, postsymptomatic antisense oligonucleotide rescues motor…

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