Sentences with phrase «research of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis»

31 / Jan / 2014 The Northeast ALS Consortium (NEALS) website is devoted to supporting clinical research of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and other motor neuron disease (MND).

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Drink One for Dane, held every May, in honor of late Co-founder Dane Boersma, which raises funds for research into cause and cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and support for families facing the realities of the disease.

To conduct the study, the researchers recorded motor cortical brain activity of two research participants with the degenerative neurological condition called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.

Lou Gehrig's disease, also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, might damage muscle - controlling nerve cells in the brain earlier in the disease process than previously known, according to research from the Cedars - Sinai Board of Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute.

He added that the research is contributing to scientists» understanding of Alzheimer's disease, birth defects, blindness, spinal cord injuries, stroke, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

A team of researchers at Mayo Clinic and The Scripps Research Institute in Florida have developed a new therapeutic strategy to combat the most common genetic risk factor for the neurodegenerative disorders amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD).

New research into Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)-- also known as motor neuron disease — shows that specific immune cells may help slow progression of the disease, an important step towards developing new therapies to treat patients.

Neurological research at Gladstone focuses on a host of devastating conditions, including Alzheimer's, frontotemporal dementia (FTD), Parkinson's and Huntington's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease) and multiple sclerosis.

Dr. Stein's research interests involve the study of neurodegenerative diseases, including chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), Alzheimer disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

SPOKANE, Wash. — Repairing the brain's «house - cleaning function,» which could help people with Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and 100 other diseases, is the focus of recently funded research at Washington State University.

A new kind of genetically engineered mouse and an innovation in how to monitor those mice during research have shed new light on the early development of an inherited form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

It took eight long years of research, but now an international team led by neuroscientists at Université de Montréal has discovered a basic molecular mechanism that better helps understand how Lou Gehrig's disease, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), works.

This allows our scientists to explore new directions in health care and inspires innovation with research into a wide range of diseases including heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer, arthritis, Alzheimer's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, spinal cord and brain injury.

Core areas of research at the institute include work on brain - computer interfaces to aid patients with spinal injury and paralysis; innovative advances in computational neuroscience to address behavior and mood disorders; and research into mechanisms of cell death as part of efforts to identify therapies for neurodegenerative diseases that include amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Alzheimer's.

Merit Cudkowicz's research and clinical activities are dedicated to the study and treatment of patients with neurodegenerative disorders, in particular amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Huntington's disease (HD).

Finally, Dr. Maria Shapoval, ND discusses ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), a chronic neurodegenerative condition, and research into the effectiveness of various acupuncture methods.

FCDMF has been contributing to DM research over the years, but the ultimate goal of these clinical trials is to find a cure for ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) in humans.

While people may have written off the «ice bucket challenge», used to raise money and awareness for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig's disease, as just a social media flash in the pan, the money raised by people participating in the challenge and their supporters funded the research that led to the discovery of the gene (NEK1) that causes ALS.

The family of a girl who was killed in the Parkland school shooting has set up a fund to support research for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.