When Jennifer Rhode, an avid outdoorswoman, first started noticing symptoms of muscle weakness, the 33 year old chalked it up to getting out of shape. After seeing multiple doctors, Jennifer was diagnosed with ALS at Mayo Clinic in July of …
Meet Our 2018 ALS Walk for Life Team Chair
Join The Rhode to a Cure at the 2018 ALS Walk for Life.
Kiskinis lab work published in journal Stem Cell Reports
We are thrilled to share that Dr. Evangelos Kiskinis, one of the lead researchers at the Les Turner ALS Center at Northwestern Medicine, has been published in the journal Stem Cell Reports. From Dr. Kiskinis: «In our most recent manuscript, which …
Faces of ALS: Creating Memories
Kristin Rankin, PhD, of Palos Park, was a happily married mom to three energetic young daughters and on track to make tenure at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s School of Public Health. But everything changed when she was diagnosed, …
Save the Date: 8th Annual Les Turner Symposium on ALS and NeuroRepair
The 8th Annual Les Turner Symposium on ALS and NeuroRepair will be held on Monday, November 12, 2018 at Prentice Women’s Hospital in Chicago, IL. Celebrating research, patient care and education–attendees have the opportunity to attend featured presentations from leading …
One-Year Anniversary of FDA-approved ALS Treatment Radicava
This May marks the one-year anniversary of the FDA-approval of Radicava, the only FDA-approved ALS treatment option in the last 20 years. Radicava’s developer, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation (MTPC) began researching ALS in 2001 through an interactive clinical platform that …
2 Teams, 1 Goal
Grayslake Lacrosse vs ALS There is nothing like celebrating when a community comes together for a shared vision. On Friday, May 11th, the Grayslake North High School and Grayslake Central High School lacrosse teams are holding their first annual Grayslake …
