The Redemptive Power of a Stroll on the Beach

“Tracing your footprints in the sand, Trying to walk like a man, … But I didn’t think there’d be so many steps I’d have to learn on my own. Well I was young and I didn’t know what to do,…

Editor’s note: The ALS News Today team is providing in-depth coverage of the 2021 Virtual AAN Annual Meeting, April 17–22. Go here to read the latest stories from the conference. Researchers have found a unique immune molecular signature that can distinguish amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients with rapidly progressing disease…

Editor’s note: The ALS News Today team is providing in-depth coverage of the 2021 Virtual AAN Annual Meeting, April 17–22. Go here to read the latest stories from the conference. People with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) associated with mutations in the C9orf72 gene have early and more…

Editor’s note: The ALS News Today team is providing in-depth coverage of the 2021 Virtual AAN Annual Meeting, April 17–22. Go here to read the latest stories from the conference. In a Phase 1 trial for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the investigational therapy AP-101 — designed to ease…

The Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association and Toyota (GB), the U.K. division of Toyota, have established a partnership to raise funds and improve awareness for the needs of people with disorders that include amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The staff at Toyota (GB) selected MND Association as the company’s…

The EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases is accepting applications for a scholarship program that aims to help adults with a rare disease pursue personal goals through training and education. For a second year, the #RAREis Scholarship Fund — supported by Horizon Therapeutics – will award 35 one-time scholarships, each…

Actimed Therapeutics is developing S-oxprenolol to prevent muscle wasting and body mass loss due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), using proceeds from a recent license agreement with Faraday Pharmaceuticals. Under the agreement, Faraday acquired global rights to develop and commercialize S-oxprenolol for muscle-affecting disorders other than ALS, particularly…

Family movie nights are great, but it’s a challenge to think of other things we can do together now that my husband, Todd, is paralyzed from ALS. I’ve long had a love-hate relationship with screens. I once envisioned myself as a mother who would encourage creative, independent play. My…

The ALS Association is now accepting applications for the Jane Calmes ALS Scholarship Fund, aimed at supporting U.S. students whose lives are affected financially as well as personally by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Going on its third year, the fund helps to cover costs for young people wanting…

“One hundred bottles of beer on the wall, One hundred bottles of beer! Take one down, Pass it around, Ninety-nine bottles of beer on the wall!” That ditty was invariably sung, in unison, on all bus rides associated…