It has been a summer of groundbreaking genetic discoveries in ALS! In July, the Les Turner ALS Research and Patient Center at Northwestern Medicine shared the news from the lab of Dr. Teepu Siddique of the discovery of a third …
Pesticide Exposure Found in Early Study to Possibly Trigger ALS
According to ALS News Today, a study published online in JAMA Neurology states that environmental pollutants such as pesticides has been linked to ALS and may represent modifiable ALS disease risk factors. Researchers at the University of Michigan studied occupational …
Phase 3 Clinical ALS Drug Trial
The Foundation is pleased to announce the start of a new clinical drug trial for ALS at the Lois Insolia ALS Clinic at the Les Turner ALS Research and Patient Center at Northwestern Medicine. VITALITY-ALS is a Phase 3 clinical …
Hear about the next generation of ALS researchers
Funding that ALS researchers at the Les Turner ALS Research and Patient Center receive has a huge impact on their discoveries. Joint funding from the Foundation along with other ALS sources has become crucial as researchers make translational progress toward …
Research Updates from Dr. Kiskinis’ Lab – September 2015
While the majority of ALS is sporadic, a relatively small, but highly informative, percentage of patients are diagnosed with mutations in various genes which include: SOD1, TDP43 and C9orf72. The goal of the Kiskinis lab is to characterize how these …
Research Updates from Dr. Siddique’s Lab – September 2015
Dr. Siddique will be giving an Internal Medicine Grand Rounds at Baylor Medical in September. entitled «Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Advances in the Understanding of Neurodegeneration.» This talk will help attendees understand what ALS is, how genetics contributes to the development of …
Research Updates from Dr. Kiskinis’ Lab – June 2015
The Evangelos Kiskinis Lab of Stem Cells and Neurodegeneration has now moved to its permanent location on the 12th floor of the Ward Building at the Feinberg School of Medicine. The lab is equipped with a dedicated cell culture room …
Research Updates from Dr. Ozdinler’s Lab – June 2015
The Ozdinler Lab generated a novel reporter line in which both the sensory and the motor neurons are genetically labeled with a fluorescent green protein, allowing visualization and precise cellular analyses for motor and sensory systems simultaneously. The lab previously …
Research Updates from Dr. Siddique’s Lab – June 2015
Sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (SALS) accounts for 90% of all cases of ALS. Its etiology is largely unknown and it is not well studied in African Americans. SALS is thought to be a complex disorder in which an individual inherits …
MMWR in Brief
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s MMWR in Brief summarizes key points from “Prevalence of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis – United States, 2010-2011.” New information in this report includes the first prevalence estimate and description of demographic characteristics of ALS …
