- The first one, ROPI, a dopamine receptor agonist, was identified from a panel of 1232 Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drugs in a drug screening analysis conducted at Keio University, which examined Fused in sarcoma (FUS)- and TAR-DNA-Binding Protein 43 (TDP-43)-ALS iPSC-derived MN for suppression of ALS-related phenotypes in vitro, such as mislocalization of FUS/TDP43, stress granule formation, MN death/damage, and neurite retraction (Fujimori et al., 2018). Here, FUS is linked to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.