Research

ALS Around the Globe: Finding a Way for Gamers to Remain Gamers

February 21, 2023 Comments Off on ALS Around the Globe: Finding a Way for Gamers to Remain Gamers

Video games have come a long way since Atari produced Pong, the first home console game, in 1975. Today it would seem there are games to suit every interest under…

New Grants Support Six Projects with ‘Ambitious Goal’ of Preventing ALS

February 15, 2023 Comments Off on New Grants Support Six Projects with ‘Ambitious Goal’ of Preventing ALS

In the search to find ways to slow, stop or reverse the progression of ALS, the primary aim of research has been to better understand the disease and develop new…

Researcher Spotlight: Anuradhika Puri, Ph.D., 2022 Milton Safenowitz Postdoctoral Fellow

February 11, 2023 Comments Off on Researcher Spotlight: Anuradhika Puri, Ph.D., 2022 Milton Safenowitz Postdoctoral Fellow

Today marks the 8th annual International Day of Women and Girls in Science, an opportunity to remind ourselves that further efforts are needed to ensure gender equality in science, technology,…

Large-Scale Generation of Muscle-Controlling Nerve Cells From ALS Patients

February 9, 2023 Comments Off on Large-Scale Generation of Muscle-Controlling Nerve Cells From ALS Patients

Study Examining Gene Expression Patterns in Hundreds of Stem Cell-Derived Neurons Reveals Important Differences Between Males and Females A new Cedars-Sinai study in collaboration with the University of California, Irvine (UCI)…

Early Career ALS Researchers Receive Vital Support through The ALS Association’s Milton Safenowitz Postdoctoral Fellowship

January 17, 2023 Comments Off on Early Career ALS Researchers Receive Vital Support through The ALS Association’s Milton Safenowitz Postdoctoral Fellowship

The ALS Association has awarded more than $700,000 to support five promising early career scientists through its Milton Safenowitz Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. This program encourages a pipeline of ALS researchers…

AMX0035 Approved! How We Got Here and What Comes Next

November 2, 2022 Comments Off on AMX0035 Approved! How We Got Here and What Comes Next

Blog post from the ALS Association. View Original Source. In the summer of 2014, millions of us took part in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Celebrities, friends and family members…

FDA Approves First ALS Treatment Funded by Ice Bucket Challenge

September 29, 2022 Comments Off on FDA Approves First ALS Treatment Funded by Ice Bucket Challenge

The Golden West Chapter celebrates the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) announcement of approval of RELYVRIO (formerly AMX0035) as a new treatment for adults living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS),…

The Brain Bot Harnesses Therapeutic Potential

November 2, 2021 Comments Off on The Brain Bot Harnesses Therapeutic Potential

Did you know that it is possible to look at MILLIONS of cells over many months at one time to track their health? Dr. Steven Finkbeiner at the Gladstone Institutes…

The ALS Association Support Paved the Way for Antisense Therapy

November 2, 2020 Comments Off on The ALS Association Support Paved the Way for Antisense Therapy

Antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) therapy is a groundbreaking concept that has drastically changed the gene therapy landscape. In the 12 years since the first study was initiated in ALS, ASO therapy…