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Jayanthy Thiagarajah was a fiercely independent woman and a devoted grandmother. In early 2021, having recently lost her husband, Jayanthy was still in mourning when she took a couple of nasty falls that required medical attention. She lived in Boston, …
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 …
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 …
Scientists from the Les Turner ALS Center at Northwestern Medicine have discovered two ways to preserve diseased upper motor neurons that would normally be destroyed in ALS, based on a study in mice. Upper motor neurons initiate movement, and they …
Chaunelle Caver-Perkins and her family will be among the guests at the 35th annual Hope Through Caring Gala this Saturday, Feb. 18. You can support the ALS research, education and clinical care described below by participating in our silent auction. …
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 …
Please join us at the Hope Through Caring Gala on Saturday, Feb. 18, where Brian and Sandra will be our guests of honor alongside fellow awardee First Bank Chicago and people living with ALS like Ken Avick. By attending the Hope Through Caring Gala, you …
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), …
Please join us at the Hope Through Caring Gala on Saturday, Feb. 18, where Ken and his wife Ann, award honorees Brian Wallach & Sandra Abrevaya and First Bank Chicago, and people living with ALS will be our guests of …
Foundation News Thank you We can’t thank you enough for your generosity during our end of year fundraising campaign. Your donations are making a profound impact not only on the lives of those living with ALS and their families, but …
