The U.S. Department of Defense announced that nine researchers are the winners of the 2015 ALS Research Program (ALSRP), which aims to improve treatment and find a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) by funding preclinical research into the disease. The winners were announced in a press release by the ALS…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5OoXkNIvHA Dr. Eva Feldman, a neurologist, researcher and director of the A. Alfred Taubman Biomedical Research Institute at the University of Michigan, is the principal investigator for a landmark clinical trial involving patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease. The FDA-approved trial, which is…
ALS, or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, makes all of your muscles stop, one by one. Watch this video to learn more about a secret project that ALS Foundation Netherlands launched to raise awareness for ALS. Learn more about ALS:Â https://bit.ly/ALSNewsToday…
Entrepreneur Kevin Gosnell announced the launch of ALS ONE – a partner organization of the ALS Association and ALS Finding a Cure that aims to bring world-leading experts in neurology and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) care together to realize an ambitious goal: finding a new ALS treatment within four years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFHH6Ao2WFw Diagnosed with ALS, Gloria Taylor (1948-2012) spent what would be the last year of her life fighting a very public battle for the right to die with dignity. Gloria was at the centre of a successful British Columbia Supreme Court challenge that briefly overturned the ban on assisted suicide;…
Last week’s hot topic on ALS was the Potential ALS Treatments that May Be Identified by New Discoveries About Certain Proteins written by Margarida Azevedo. The article refers to the University of Kyoto and its researchers who discovered a protein associated with a gene involved in cancer suppression, the VHL protein,…
Researchers at the Institute for EthnoMedicine and the University of Miami Brain Endowment Bank have discovered that chronic exposure to an environmental toxin has the potential to increase the risk for neurodegenerative illnesses such as ALS and Alzheimer’s disease. The research paper, “Dietary exposure to an environmental toxin triggers neurofibrillary tangles and…
Learn more about stem cell treatment for ALS in this video by the Mayo Clinic. “Researchers at the Center for Regenerative Medicine are studying the use of intraspinal deliver of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) to the cerebral spinal fluid of patients with ALS using a dose-escalation study.”…
The solvable tragedy of Lou Gehrig’s disease: all 35,000 current ALS sufferers in the U.S. and 600,000 worldwide will soon die of their disease while existing therapeutics that might possibly help them remain out of reach unless we solve the barriers to access. Learn how one organization is restoring patients’…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOlG2u68S7s In this Washington Post video, watch Kevin Turner, 45, who “played eight seasons at fullback with the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles. After being diagnosed with ALS in 2010, Turner has brought awareness to concussion-related issues in football as he continues to fight an incurable disease.”…
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