ALS/MND RESEARCH

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Joining the ALS Society of Canada team is Bobbi Greenberg, Director of Communications. Bobbi can be reached at 416-497-2267 ext. 208.

"If ambition doesn't hurt you, you haven't got it." Kathleen Norris

ETCytokinetics Announces Orphan Drug Designation Granted to CK-2017357 for the Treatment of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

"Hard doesn't equal impossible." Unknown

ETSU participating in groundbreaking ALS communication...

"I've learned not to hate, not to blame, not to envy and not to criticize but to appreciate what god has in store for me." Zino Kua

Phase 1 clinical study of ISIS-SOD1Rx in patients with Lou Gehrig's disease commenced

“Do not listen to those who weep and complain, for their disease is contagious.” Og Mandino

Researchers proceed to develop vaccination to reverse neurological damage seen with Parkinson's disease

“The best defense against the atom bomb is not to be there when it goes off.” Anonymous

No Implants Needed: Movement-Generating Brain Waves Detected and Decoded Outside the Head

“Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.” Ovid

Seeking Individuals for Participation in ALS Gene Study

"It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed." Kin Hubbard

I have recently summarized my three decades of research at the University of North Carolina on normal, injured and diseased spinal motor neurons at the following website:

Lee McIlwain

dlmc@med.unc.edu

"Strong lives are motivated by dynamic purposes." Kenneth Hildebrand

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