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What is ALS?

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. ALS usually affects people between the ages of 40 and 70, but this doesn’t mean that it cannot be diagnosed at other ages. Unfortunately, around 20,000 American citizens are estimated to develop the disease…

Assistive Technology Helping ALS Patients

In this video from Philly Philms, watch how the evolution of technological devices are now providing a way for people with low mobility in their upper-body to be able to communicate with other people with the help of assistive technology. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)…

ALS May be Caused by Spreading Protein According to New Study

Scientists at UmeÃ¥ University have found that  superoxide dysmutase (SOD1), a protein that may cause amylotophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) spreads and clumps when injected into mice. The protein deposits also cause ALS-like symptoms. The report, titled “Two superoxide dismutase prion strains transmit amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-like disease” appeared May 3, 2016…

What is ALS?

In this video by NathanAndRose, watch Rose describe the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis disorder (ALS) and the American organization (ALS Association) which is searching for the cure. Learn more about ALS here: https://bit.ly/ALSNewsToday…

Biogen Promotes New Industry Fund for ALS Research with $5M Matching Gift

The Target ALS Foundation, a collaborative research consortium, received a $5 million matching-gift donation from Biogen to help establish the foundation’s new Industry Fund for ALS Research, supporting a network of private-public research laboratories working to develop effective treatments and, ideally, a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). “Biogen is deeply committed to ALS…

Neuronal Degeneration Linked to Decline in a Synaptic Protein

University of Bern researchers have discovered that the synaptic protein Homer-3 is linked to the death of Purkinje motor neurons in Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1), a motor neuron disease that, like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), is characterized by extensive motor neuron loss. The study, titled “Impaired mTORC1-Dependent Expression of…