<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[From The Center]]></title><link>http://www.alscenter.org/</link><description><![CDATA[News from the Robert Packard Center for ALS Research at Johns Hopkins]]></description><copyright><![CDATA[2010 by the Robert Packard Center for ALS Research at Johns Hopkins]]></copyright><managingEditor><![CDATA[editor@packardcenter.org]]></managingEditor><webmaster><![CDATA[webmaster@packardcenter.org]]></webmaster><lastBuildDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:32:07 GMT</lastBuildDate><generator>SiteExecutive v4.1</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Is ALS a Disease of Clogged Mitochondria?]]></title><link>http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_from_the_packard_center/10_09_03.html</link><description><![CDATA[Don Cleveland has been supported by Packard Center grants. He is presently a Packard Center collaborator in the P2ALS program.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_from_the_packard_center/10_09_03.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:06:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Higher ALS Risk in the Repeats?]]></title><link>http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_from_the_packard_center/10_09_02.html</link><description><![CDATA[Packard Center investigator Aaron Gitler heads a lab at the University of Pennsylvania]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_from_the_packard_center/10_09_02.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:57:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Approach Homes in on ALS Genes]]></title><link>http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_from_the_packard_center/10_08_27.html</link><description><![CDATA[A new study of ALS patients has revealed the usefulness of using small, not-so-diverse populations to home in on ALS genes.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_from_the_packard_center/10_08_27.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:03:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Study Confirms Major Role for ALS Gene]]></title><link>http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_from_the_packard_center/10_08_24.html</link><description><![CDATA[TDP-43 and the flawed protein it produces has caused a stir in the scientific community.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_from_the_packard_center/10_08_24.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:12:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Gene for ALS Influences Susceptibility to the Disease]]></title><link>http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_from_the_packard_center/10_08_25.html</link><description><![CDATA[Unusual shifts in the gene for a rare neurological disease, spinocerebellar ataxia 2,  also appear to raise a person’s risk of having ALS, according to a study just out in the journal Nature.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_from_the_packard_center/10_08_25.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:58:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Packard Center mourns the loss of Board Member Edmund Shea, Jr.]]></title><link>http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_from_the_packard_center/10_08_17.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Robert Packard Center for ALS Research at Johns Hopkins is deeply saddened to announce of death of one its dedicated Board members, Edmund Shea, Jr.   Mr. Shea had served on the Board of Directors since 2008]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_from_the_packard_center/10_08_17.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:48:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Study Casts Doubt On ALS "Progression Gene"]]></title><link>http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_from_the_packard_center/10_06_22.html</link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_from_the_packard_center/10_06_22.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:19:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Study Shows a Toxic, Keystone Molecule Ties Motor Neuron Disease to Muscle, Bone and Brain Disorders]]></title><link>http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_from_the_packard_center/10_06_02.html</link><description><![CDATA[A pivotal molecule points to new class of illnesses that includes ALS, dementia and a common muscle degenerative disease]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_from_the_packard_center/10_06_02.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 03:51:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Larger Talpampanel Trial Results Out: Not Effective]]></title><link>http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_from_the_packard_center/10_05_18.html</link><description><![CDATA[Talampanel, a drug that earlier passed a small Phase II trial of 40 subjects doesn’t stand up in a larger study.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_from_the_packard_center/10_05_18.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 18:00:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Larry Goldstein comments on the state of stem cell progress]]></title><link>http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_from_the_packard_center/10_04_19.html</link><description><![CDATA[Larry Goldstein is one of the nation's leading researchers in stem cell treatment. Despite the scam exposed by "60 Minutes," Goldstein believes that legitimate stem cell research will yield tremendous rewards.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_from_the_packard_center/10_04_19.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:36:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[License Agreement to Develop New Treatments for Neurological Disease]]></title><link>http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_from_the_packard_center/10_03_15.html</link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_from_the_packard_center/10_03_15.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:38:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[NIH Grant Funds Study on Stem Cells from ALS Patients]]></title><link>http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_from_the_packard_center/10_02_22.html</link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_from_the_packard_center/10_02_22.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:32:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Project A.L.S. and Packard Center Take Aim at ALS with $15 Million Program]]></title><link>http://www.alscenter.org/news/research_news_archive/10/10_01_29.html</link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alscenter.org/news/research_news_archive/10/10_01_29.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:03:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why the New Antisense Trials Make Sense for ALS]]></title><link>http://www.alscenter.org/news/research_news_archive/10/10_01_28.html</link><description><![CDATA[This February, a new entry in the ALS clinical trials system will have top scientists watching intently for results. It’s the start of human tests of a therapy based on a totally new principle—one that works by silencing mutant genes.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alscenter.org/news/research_news_archive/10/10_01_28.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:54:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stem Cells Can Form Correct Motor Connections in the Brain]]></title><link>http://www.alscenter.org/news/research_news_archive/10/10_01_19.html</link><description><![CDATA[New animal study shows neurons developed from stem cells successfully wired with other brain regions, including those tied to movement.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alscenter.org/news/research_news_archive/10/10_01_19.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:54:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zumbathon]]></title><link>http://www.alscenter.org/get_involved/events/event_syndication/10_01_23.html</link><description><![CDATA[Experience up to 3 hours of Zumba for only $10 at Interactive Fitness in Timonium. Saturday, January 23, 2010, 9am-12pm]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alscenter.org/get_involved/events/event_syndication/10_01_23.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:33:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Blood Test for ALS Damage Should Tighten Animal Trials]]></title><link>http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_from_the_packard_center/09_12_15.html</link><description><![CDATA[Right now, there's no quick, reliable way to tell if something has stopped or slowed ALS down. Packard expertise helps bring an easily measured biomarker closer.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_from_the_packard_center/09_12_15.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 02:47:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New ALS Drug Still In The Pipeline After Phase II Trial]]></title><link>http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_from_the_packard_center/09_12_22.html</link><description><![CDATA[A drug already used to treat symptoms of epilepsy has potential to slow the muscle weakening that comes with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_from_the_packard_center/09_12_22.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 02:41:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
