ALS Association Awards Over $1.95M to 5 Projects Advancing Research and Therapies
The ALS Association has announced the five winners of its Translational Research Advancing Therapy for ALS (TREAT ALS) grant awards, advancing research…
Articles by Margarida Azevedo, MSc
Six Running in 2016 Boston Marathon to Support ALS Research at UMass
Six people will run for the UMass ALS Cellucci Fund in this year’s edition of the Boston Marathon, raising awareness…
Abnormal Proteins Found in ALS and Like Diseases Are ‘Tagged’ to Form Clumps, Study Reports
Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) scientists have identified a new player in the ribosome-associated quality control complex that “tags” abnormal proteins, prompting them…
ALS Association and Prize4Life Announce ALS Challenge Winners, Start of $400,000 Award Phase
The ALS Association, together with partner Prize4Life, has announced the First Phase winners of The ALS Assistive…
ALS Research to Benefit from National Science Foundation Awards for Robotics, Online Communication
Northwestern University researchers Anne Marie Piper and Brenna Argall have received the prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from…
For Diseases Like ALS, Research by MIT and Dana-Farber Show How Financial Techniques Could Make Therapies Affordable
New research by MIT Sloan Prof. Andrew W. Lo, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute‘s David Weinstock, M.D., and Vahid Montazerhodjat, an MIT post-doctoral fellow,…
LA Fitness’ Annual ‘Action for ALS’ to Raise Money for Augie’s Quest Set for Feb. 27
LA Fitness, one of the fastest growing health club chains in the U.S., announced that it will host “Action for ALS”…
MediciNova to Present ALS Treatment Data from Ongoing Ibudilast Clinical Trial
MediciNova Inc. announced it will present data from its ongoing clinical trial evaluating MN-166 (ibudilast) in both early and…
ALS Grand Challenge Offering Up to $1 Million to Promote Research Toward a TDP43-tracking Biomarker
The ALS Finding a Cure Foundation and the ALS Association are partnering for the Grand Challenge, an initiative to…
ALS Association Announces Drug Development Contract Grant Program
The ALS Association has announced its new Translational Research Advancing Therapy for ALS (TREAT ALS) Drug Development Contract grant program,…