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2008 Annual Report
Now Available Online (pdf)

Click here for a complete list of donors through June 30, 2008.

       
  Former Ravens linebacker OJ Brigance   50th Anniversary of the Greatest Game Ever Played: December 26, 2008
A portion of proceeds from this historic event will benefit the Packard Center in honor of O.J. Brigance, Director of Player Development for the Baltimore Ravens. Click here for more info.
       
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Record-Breaking Team Boosts Packard Research
Sunday, October 19. The wind was so strong it blew open the doors of the Hilton near the Virginia Beach boardwalk, but not powerful enough to deter more than 7,000 people in that city’s ALS walk >>

       
  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
       
  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
Don Cleveland
Joins Scientific Elite
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Click here for the Winter 2008 ALS Alert newsletter (PDF)
   


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Recent News:
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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