Mary Chapman, features writer —

The ALS Association Golden West Chapter has honored Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America (MTPA) with its Essey Commitment to Cures award for advancing research and trials into treatments for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and other efforts. The presentation took place Nov. 15 in San Francisco at the 2019 Champions…

The ALS Association has awarded the nonprofit ALS Never Surrender Foundation a $300,000 grant to bring its precision point mobile technology app to patient progression research trials nationwide. Called ALS iNVOLVE/eNGAGE, the application enables the remote tracking of vitals including muscle control, dexterity, speech, breathing and…

A new muscle science and disease research center has opened at the University of Washington (UW) to investigate better treatment options for disorders such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The Center for Translational Muscle Research will work in collaboration with the university’s labs and other Seattle-area institutions…

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) has awarded I AM ALS a $453,000 grant to develop ways to connect amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) stakeholders and the public in the fight against ALS and other rare disorders. As part of CZI’s wider effort to accelerate investigations into rare diseases,…

Fight Motor Neuron Disease (FightMND) has awarded Clene Nanomedicine‘s Australian subsidiary $1.37 million AUD (approximately $924,000) to advance clinical studies of a new amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) candidate treatment. These funds will support a Phase 2 clinical trial, named RESCUE-ALS, that will assess the efficacy and safety…

Pharmaceutical company MSD and the Francis Crick Institute are partnering to try to learn more about what causes motor neurone disease (MND), also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), so that treatments may be developed. Funded by MSD and the Medical Research Council, the project…

In the summer of 2014, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge took social media by storm. Aimed primarily at raising awareness of the disease, the effort resulted in marked increases in spending on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) research, an independent study shows. According to the report by…

As part of a series of profiles of people doing great things for their communities, the Obama Foundation has released a video spotlighting the efforts of a patient and his wife who want to reimagine the fight against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The Chicago couple, Brian Wallach…

Citing research progress and other efforts, the late-stage biopharmaceutical company Cytokinetics has reaffirmed its burgeoning partnership with the ALS Association in its fight against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). For starters, the company is renewing its sponsorship of the association’s national Walk to Defeat ALS fundraisers, as well…

More than 800 community members recently turned out for the inaugural Arrest and Extinguish ALS event in Lenox, Massachusetts, raising $50,000 for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) research. Twenty-two first-responder teams from the state’s Berkshires region gathered at the music venue Tanglewood to participate in a fun tug-of-war event…