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Last Week’s Hot Topic on ALS

Last week’s hot topic on ALS was an article titled Proteins ‘Tagged’ to Clump in ALS Protect Neurons from Toxicity, Research Finds written by Magdalena Kegel. The article is focused on researchers at The Scripps Research Institute, who discovered that cells instruct proteins to…

Caley and Greg’s ALS Story

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H0fTikpvmQ In this Caley Leonard video, learn all about Caley and Greg’s ALS Story. Learn more about ALS here: https://bit.ly/ALSNewsToday…

ALS Diagnosis Inspires Family to Live a ‘Magical Year’

In this AmazingNewsVid, find out what inspired this family to live a ‘magical year’. Award-winning journalist Susan Spencer-Wendel was in her prime when she received a devastating diagnosis: ALS, sometimes known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Knowing she only had a few years to live, she and her family started tackling…

Diagnosing ALS

In this Lee Memorial Health System video, discover why so many issues surrounding ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, are a mystery, including what causes it. Nevertheless, doctors have no doubt about its progression. They believe they can provide people with this fatal disease some relief if they can diagnose it early enough.

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 projects into improved treatments and, eventually, a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. There are two types of grants — TREAT ALS Drug Development Contract and ALS Association-Initiated — which total more…