Research

Here you will find Research Updates from The ALS Association's National Office.

Sept 22, 2008 ALS Association Funded Lead Investigators Demonstrate That Modified Adult Stem Cells Show Promise in a Rat Model of ALS
Aug 25, 2008 The ALS Association to Support Trial of Lithium
June 2, 2008 How Stem Cells Could Fight Lou Gehrig's Disease
Feb 28, 2008 New ALS Gene Paves the Way for Better Understanding, New Treatments
Feb 06, 2008 ALS Association working with investigators on follow-up study of Lithium for treating ALS
Dec 18, 2007 Renewed Funding for ALS Biomarker Discovery Highlights Importance of Reliable Disease Indicators
Dec 13, 2007 Possible ALS Drug Granted Orphan Status by the FDA
Dec 04, 2007 The ALS Association Grants Ruxton Pharmaceuticals Funds to Develop Brain Imaging Compounds for ALS Research
Nov 29, 2007 Speeding ALS Clinical Trials with New Trial Designs and Biomarkers
Nov 06, 2007 The ALS Association Announces $3.5 Million Partnership with Cambria Biosciences to Accelerate Development of New Drugs for ALS
Oct 03, 2007 September Research Summary
Sept 24, 2007 Joint Project Brings Expertise to Bear on ALS Axon Dynamics
Aug 31, 2007 August Research Summary
Aug 1, 2007 July Research Summary
July 31, 2007 Stem Cell Strategy Shows Challenges for ALS
July 12, 2007 Irish Researcher Funded to Follow Link to Cognitive Change in ALS
July 12, 2007

The ALS Association Announces 2007 Research Funding: New Efforts Promise Accelerated Progress

July 11, 2007 Second International FTD and ALS Conference: Challenges and Progress
July 10, 2007 The Milton Safenowitz Post-Doctoral Fellowship for ALS Research
July 9, 2007 Facts about Umbilical Cord Therapeutics and ALS
July 2, 2007 June Research Summary
June 26, 2007 Network of Clinical Investigators Stands Ready for ALS Trials
June 08, 2007 The ALS Association Renews Funding for Distribution of SOD1/G93A Rat for ALS Research
June 06, 2007 Nuclear Transfer Strategy Shows Promise for ALS Drug Screening
June 04, 2007 May Research Summary
June 04, 2007 Mice Show How Mitochondria Flow in Nerve Cells
May 23, 2007 Researcher Honored, Shares Progress at Advocacy Day Research Session; National ALS Registry Projects Underway in Three States
May 11, 2007

Report on The ALS Association’s Drug Company Working Group Meeting on April 30, 2007 in Boston

May 10, 2007 Protein’s Role Emerging in ALS and Cognitive Change
May 03, 2007 April Research Summary
May 02, 2007 The ALS Association Presents The Sheila Essey Award for ALS Research to Christopher Henderson
April 26, 2007 AAN Meeting 2007 in Boston: ALS Advances at a Glance
April 16, 2007 Embryonic Stem Cells Show ALS Can Arise From Support Cells
April 03, 2007 March Research Summary
Mar 16, 2007 Renewal of ALSA-Initiated Grant to Fund SOD1 Screen for ALS Therapeutics
Mar 16, 2007 The ALS Association Reinforces Project for Fish Model of ALS
Mar 12, 2007 The ALS Association Expands Stem Cell Project to Characterize ALS Motor Neurons
Feb 28, 2007 February Research Summary
Feb 26, 2007 The ALS Association Uses Mouse Stem Cells to Find New Drugs
Feb 20, 2007 Early News From First Large Search for Sporadic ALS Genes
Feb 20, 2007 First Fruits of Genome Wide Search Published for Sporadic ALS
Feb 16, 2007 Researchers Give Clinical Progress Report in TREAT ALS Trials
Feb 01, 2007 January Research Summary
Jan 12, 2007 Cambria Biosciences Receives TREAT ALS Grant: Boston-Area Biotechnology Company Partners with Northwestern University in Seeking New Safe and Effective Compounds for the Treatment of ALS
Jan 4, 2007 December Reasearch Summary
Dec 22, 2006 Yokohama Symposium Reports -Clinical Sessions
Dec 22, 2006 Yokohama Symposium Reports on Genetics, Clinical Trials Progress in ALS Highlights
Dec 21, 2006 Modifier Genes Sought for ALS Progression in Mice
Dec 15, 2006 Research Department Year-End Wrap Up: 2006 Builds on Progress Toward ALS Therapies
Dec 14, 2006 Unwrapping Mutual Support among Nervous System Cells for ALS Therapy
Dec 11, 2006 Human Motor Neurons from Stem Cells to Serve as Drug Discovery Tools with Funds from The ALS Association
Nov 29, 2006 November Research Summary
Nov 29, 2006 Gene Screening On Track For Typical ALS
Nov 27, 2006 Media Alert: Genetic Links to ALS to Be Unveiled in New Research
Nov 22, 2006 Axon Dynamics Workshop: Window into ALS Disease Process
Nov 13, 2006 ALS Risk Appears Increased in Veterans: New Government Report Agrees
Nov 08, 2006 The ALS Association Funds Muscle Strength Testing Approach
Nov 06, 2006 October Research Summary
Nov 02, 2006 Renewed Funding for Project to Track Nerve Cells for ALS Therapies
Oct 26, 2006 Report on Progress Toward ALS Therapies Presented at Neuroscience 2006
Oct 18, 2006 Role of Specific Cells in New Lab Models of ALS Will Hasten Advances
Oct 10, 2006 September ALS Research Summary
Oct 5, 2006 Common Link Discovered in ALS and Frontotemporal Dementia
Sept 28, 2006 Trial in Inherited ALS Could Be Feasible
Sept 14, 2006 Validity of Proposed Markers of ALS to be Established by New Funding
Aug 31, 2006 The ALS Association Awards TREAT ALS Funding to Two Clinical Efforts Focused
Aug 29, 2006 August ALS Research Summary
Aug 29, 2006 The ALS Association Funds Studies to Clarify the Role of Inflammation in ALS
Aug 9, 2006 The Milton Safenowitz Post-Doctoral Fellowships for ALS Research
Aug 7, 2006 Participants Sought in ALS Gene Study
Aug 1, 2006 The ALS Association Searches for New Genes and Probes Disease Process in ALS
Aug 1, 2006 The ALS Association Funds Searches for New Gene Links to ALS
July 28, 2006

July ALS Research Summary

July 27, 2006 Antisense Treatment Prolongs Survival in ALS Rats
July 17, 2006 Biomarkers Study Seeks ALS Patients & Other Volunteers
July 14, 2006 Enrollment Begins in The ALS Association's TREAT ALS
July 11, 2006 New Article About Promising Compounds
July 7, 2006 The ALS Association Funds Investigation of Cell Targets of ALS
July 7, 2006 The ALS Association Funds Project to Create and Characterize ALS Motor Neurons
July 1, 2006 June ALS Research Summary - 22 Articles
June 30, 2006 Stem Cell Progress on Several Fronts Give Hope for ALS
June 20, 2006 Stem Cells Repair Paralysis in Spinal Injury Rats
June 12, 2006 Trial of Ceftriaxone Begins Enrolling ALS Patients
June 8, 2006 ALSA Funds Preclinical Project to Target Trophic Factors to Spinal Cord
June 2, 2006 ALS Research Summary for May
June 1, 2006 Different Cells Determine Stages of ALS Progression in Mice
June 1, 2006 FALS Meeting at ALSA National Advocacy Days 2006: Gateway to Therapeutic Opportunity
June 1, 2006 Registries and Repositories: Avenues to Research Answers for ALS
June 1, 2006 Plenary Session: Research Update Informs on Progress at 2006 ALSA
May 30, 2006

The ALS Association Awards Research Funding for a Novel Compound Developed by Sirtris Pharmaceuticals

May 19, 2006 ALSA Researcher Elected to National Academy of Sciences
May 18, 2006 April Research Summary (16 Articles)
May 16, 2006 The ALS Association Joins Funding Partnership to Allow People with ALS to Participate in New Hunt for ALS Genes
Apr 27, 2006 Drug Company Working Group AAN 2006 New Directions, Encouraging Progress
Apr 20, 2006 Renewal of ALSA Initiated Grant to Fund SOD1 Screen for ALS Therapeutics
Apr 12, 2006 Unique Consortium to Uncover Possible Environmental, Lifestyle Risk Factors in ALS
Apr 6, 2006 New ALS Drug Candidate Reported
Apr 5, 2006 First Clinical Researcher Awarded TREAT ALS Grant
Apr 5, 2006 AAN News:  Genetic Findings Indicate Promising Therapies
Apr 4, 2006 Antisense, Other Therapeutic Progress Highlighted at AAN
Apr 3, 2006 March ALS Research Summary (16 Significant Articles)
Apr 3, 2006 Renewal of ALSA-Initiated Grant to Fund SOD1 Screen for ALS Therapeutics
Apr 3, 2006 ALSA Presents The Sheila Essey Award for ALS Research
Mar 22, 2006 Dr. Lee McIlwain (UNC School of Medicine) Summarizes 30 Year Career Studying Motor Neurons
Mar 17, 2006 The ALS Association Funds Primate Study Prior to Clinical Trials as Part of Its New Program TREAT ALS
Mar 7, 2006 February Research Summary - 14 Significant Articles
Mar 6, 2006 Rat Funding For ALS Research
Mar 6, 2006 Newly Revealed Chromosome Locations
Mar 2, 2006 Project to Track Effect of Cell Transplants Promises Progress for ALS
Feb 10, 2006 Research Update - New Efforts Promise Accelerated Progress
Jan 31, 2006 January Research Summary - 15 Significant Articles
Jan 27, 2006 ALSA Funds New Grants with Focus on Gene Discovery
Jan 06, 2006 ALS Patients Can Contribute Blood Sample, Clinical History for Repository
Jan 06, 2006 Entering 2006 with Renewed Hope: Progress in ALS Research
Jan 06, 2006 The ALS Association Awards First TREAT ALS Funding to Three Clinical Efforts
Dec 04, 2005 Monthly Research Journal- November 2005
Nov 18, 2005 Cell Basis of ALS Toxicity Progress Reported at Neuroscience Meeting
Nov 18, 2005 Cell Death Pathway Important in ALS
Nov 18, 2005 Mutant Protein May Act Outside Cells in ALS
Nov 14, 2005 New Model to Study ALS Presented at Neuroscience Meeting
Nov 14, 2005 New Candidates for ALS Therapeutics Presented at Neuroscience Meeting
Nov 02, 2005 ALSA Renews Funding for Project on Axon Regeneration
Nov 02, 2005 ALSA Renews Funding for Biomarker Project
Oct 12, 2005 ALSA Funded Researchers Publish Possible Biomarkers of ALS
Oct 06, 2005 ALSA Sponsored Stem Cell Workshop: Forum for Continued Progress
Oct 05, 2005 Repository for ALS: Collecting Patient Genetic Samples Aids Progress Towards Therapy
Sept 30, 2005 Call for Nominations for the Sheila Essey Award for ALS Research Deadline November 1
Sept 30, 2005 CytRx Corporation Testing 'Fast Track' ALS Drug in Clinical Trial
Aug 29, 2005 AAN Foundation and The ALS Association Partner to Finance Clinician Scientist Development Award
Aug 22, 2005 ALS Patients Offered Access to Cyberkinetics' Braingate™ System in New Pilot Study at Massachusetts General Hospital
Aug 20, 2005 Monthly Research Journal- August 2005
Apr 22, 2005 Human Neural Stem Cells Persist and Influence Nerve Cells in Rat Model of ALS
Apr 14, 2005 Cognitive Changes May Be Associated with ALS
Mar 02, 2005 Evidence of Retrovirus in Blood of ALS Patients
Feb 21, 2005 ALSA Co-sponsors First International FTD/ALS Workshop
Feb 17, 2005 Leads for ALS Therapeutics Inhibit Aggregation of Mutant SOD1
Jan 30, 2005 Details Discovered on How Human Stem Cells become Nerve Cells
Jan 05, 2005 Screening Effort Identifies Ceftriaxone as Potential ALS Therapeutic
Jul 01, 2004 Clinical Update: Opportunities for People with ALS to Participate in Research
June 7, 2004 Delayed onset and increased survival in ALS mice treated with VEGF
May 20, 2004 Drug Company reports that RNAi could be a treatment for patients with SOD1 ALS
May 07, 2004 Clinical Update: Trial of Indinavir Does Not Demonstrate Benefit for People with ALS
May 07, 2004 ALSA-funded collaborative study demonstrates that enterovirus genetic sequences could not be detected in spinal cord from ALS patients
May 07, 2004 Open Letter to the ALS Community
Mar 09, 2004 Smoking Implicated as Likely Risk Factor in Sporadic ALS
Oct 01, 2003 Healthy Non-neuronal Cells Extend Survival of Motor Neurons in Mouse Model; Study Holds Promise for Stem Cell Therapy for ALS Patients
Aug 08, 2003 Study implicates VEGF as ALS risk factor
Aug 07, 2003 ALS Selected as Focus of National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences
Aug 05, 2003 ALS and Soccer: Is there a Connection?

 

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