Foundation News FDA Advisory Committee meeting on tofersen, an SOD1-ALS treatment set for March 22 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will hold an advisory committee meeting on March 22 to review Biogen’s New Drug Application (NDA) for accelerated …
February 2023 Foundation eNews
Foundation News Calming the destructive cells of ALS One of the reasons that ALS can progress quickly is that certain types of cells in the human body will attack diseased upper motor neurons, which are needed to initiate movement. Once …
February 2023 Foundation eNews
Foundation News Place your bids to help find a cure for ALS Let’s get ready to bid! Online bidding opens Feb. 15 for the Hope Through Caring Gala’s silent auction, with over 150 items including travel experience packages with resort …
January 2023 Foundation eNews
Foundation News Mature ‘lab grown’ neurons hold promise for ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases Researchers at the Les Turner ALS Center at Northwestern Medicine and Northwestern University have created the first highly mature neurons from human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), …
Virtual Hope Through Caring Gala
2021 Virtual Hope Through Caring Gala Saturday, March 20, 2021 Virtual Event 7:00pm Every Spring, the Les Turner ALS Foundation hosts the Hope Through Caring Gala. In 2021, we’re hosting our first-ever virtual gala, and bringing this exciting evening to …