A new $15 million effort pulls together intellectual fire power from top U.S. labs for high-yield ALS research.
The Packard Center for ALS Research at Johns Hopkins enables the world’s best ALS scientists to collaborate and access funding so that they may continue work to rapidly develop new treatments and find a cure for ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. The hope is in the science. Get Involved. >>
Researchers have successfully reconstructed 3-D hand motions from brain signals recorded in a non-invasive way. This finding uses a technique that may open new doors for portable brain-computer interface systems.
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:43:22 GMThttp://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_03_08.html
The great promise of induced pluripotent stem cells is that the all-purpose cells seem capable of performing all the same tricks as embryonic stem cells, but without the controversy.
Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:24:16 GMThttp://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_02_16
Researchers have identified a compound that mimics one of the brain's own growth factors and can protect brain cells against damage in several animal models of neurological disease.
Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:03:25 GMThttp://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_02_02.html
Doctors injected stem cells from 8-week-old fetal tissue into the spine of a man in his early 60s who has advanced ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:37:47 GMThttp://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_01_21_cnn.html
Newly formed NeuroTranslational Program at JHU has entered into a licensing agreement with pharmaceutical company Eisai Inc. to discover and develop small molecule glutamate carboxypeptidase II (GCPII) inhibitors.
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:38:45 GMThttp://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_from_the_packard_center/10_03_15.html
A two-year $3.7 million stimulus grant from the National Institutes of Health will allow Johns Hopkins neurologist Jeffrey Rothstein to expand on his research into the nerve- and muscle-wasting disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.
Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:32:33 GMThttp://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_from_the_packard_center/10_02_22.html
Project A.L.S. and the Robert Packard Center for ALS Research at Johns Hopkins will partner on P2 ALS, a $15 million initiative designed to advance ALS research exponentially over the next three years.
Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:03:47 GMThttp://www.alscenter.org/news/research_news_archive/10/10_01_29.html
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