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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. >>

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ALS Headlines from the Packard Center

  1. iPSCs less pliable than ESCs?

    New stem cell limitations raise caution, not despair.
    Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:03:48 GMThttp://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_07_22.html

  2. Reprogrammed Stem Cells May Have Limited Use in Treatment, Researchers Say

    Potent stem cells derived from reprogramming skin or other adult body tissues may have limits on their usefulness as an alternative to cells from human embryos.
    Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:56:51 GMThttp://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_07_20.html

  3. Fruit fly genes yielding clues to a deadly disease

    In this just-out Philadelphia Inquirer story, Paul Taylor's team further cements the tie between TDP-43, ALS and other neurodegenerative disease. Taylor's work -- he's a Packard grantee -- was supported by Packard Center and other funding.
    Wed, 30 Jun 2010 02:06:53 GMThttp://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_06_28.html

  4. Global Day for ALS

    Prize4Life is pleased to participate in Global Day for ALS. Since 1997, the International Alliance has celebrated 21 June as the global day of recognition for ALS– a disease that affects people in every country of the globe.
    Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:38:19 GMThttp://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_06_21.html

  5. Caddy for Life Premieres Monday, June 14 at 9pm/ET, only on Golf Channel

    Caddy for Life Premieres Monday, June 14 at 9pm/ET, only on Golf Channel
    Tue, 25 May 2010 19:23:17 GMThttp://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_05_26.html

From The Center

News from the Robert Packard Center for ALS Research at Johns Hopkins

  1. New Study Casts Doubt On ALS "Progression Gene"

    Traynor is a neurogeneticist with the National Institute on Aging. The Traynor team studied a group of 504 Italian ALS patients in a national registry, to see if the variation of the KIFAP3 gene conferred longer survival, but they found no effect.
    Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:19:54 GMThttp://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_from_the_packard_center/10_06_22.html

  2. New Study Shows a Toxic, Keystone Molecule Ties Motor Neuron Disease to Muscle, Bone and Brain Disorders

    A pivotal molecule points to new class of illnesses that includes ALS, dementia and a common muscle degenerative disease
    Wed, 02 Jun 2010 03:51:07 GMThttp://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_from_the_packard_center/10_06_02.html

  3. Larger Talpampanel Trial Results Out: Not Effective

    Talampanel, a drug that earlier passed a small Phase II trial of 40 subjects doesn’t stand up in a larger study.
    Tue, 18 May 2010 18:00:56 GMThttp://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_from_the_packard_center/10_05_18.html
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  • 50

    % OF NEW ALS DRUGS IN THE PIPELINE DEVELOPED BY PACKARD CENTER

  • 31

    MILLION DOLLARS HAS BEEN RAISED SINCE 2000

  • 50

    % OF THE CENTER’S REVENUE COMES FROM EVENTS HOSTED

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