The Robert Packard Center for ALS Research at Johns Hopkins
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  Former Ravens linebacker OJ Brigance   O.J. Brigance, former Ravens linebacker, to be honorary chair of the May 3rd Fiesta 5K & Fun Run
>>Click here for the March 10, 2008 Baltimore Sun article and video clip
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2nd Annual Fiesta 5K & Fun Run, May 3, 2008 - click here to register or go to www.fiesta5K.org
       
  Packard Center board members Christopher and Jean Angell.   Embracing the New Normal: Jean Angell Speaks from Her Eye-Response Computer
A special online supplement to the Winter 2008 ALS Alert
       
 
 
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  First International Gene Screen for Typical ALS is On Track   Early News From First Large Search for Sporadic ALS Genes >>
       
  Packard Center Makes Headway Using Nobel Prize-Winning Technique   Packard Center Makes Headway Using Nobel Prize-Winning Technique >>
       
  Packard Scientists Use Embryonic Stem Cells, New Cues to Awaken Latent Motor Nerve Repair   Packard Scientists Use Embryonic Stem Cells, New Cues to Awaken Latent Motor Nerve Repair >>
       
  National Academy of Sciences logo, provided courtesy of the NAS.   Packard Scientist
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Packard Center Fiesta 5K and Fun Run - click here for complete event information Click here for the Fall 2007 ALS Alert newsletter (PDF format) 2nd Annual Fiesta 5K & Fun Run, May 3, 2008 - click here to register or go to www.fiesta5K.org