<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[ALS Headlines]]></title><link>http://www.alscenter.org/</link><description><![CDATA[ALS Headlines from the Packard Center]]></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>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:35:12 GMT</lastBuildDate><generator>SiteExecutive v4.1</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Genetic studies find clues to Lou Gehrig's disease risk.]]></title><link>http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_09_03.html</link><description><![CDATA[Genetic studies find clues to 'Lou Gehrig's Disease' risk. 
Two teams report on role chromosome 9 seems to play in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_09_03.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:33:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neuron-Damaging Mechanism Discovered in Mouse Model of Inherited ALS]]></title><link>http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_08_30.HTML</link><description><![CDATA[How SOD1 Trips ALS: A Significant Find]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_08_30.HTML</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:41:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Researchers at U Penn find possible genetic link to ALS]]></title><link>http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_08_26.html</link><description><![CDATA[Uncovering a rare clue to a baffling disease, scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have discovered a genetic stutter that may influence the risk of developing ALS.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_08_26.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:08:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study Says Brain Trauma Can Mimic Lou Gehrig’s Disease]]></title><link>http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_08_17.html</link><description><![CDATA[A peer-reviewed paper to be published Wednesday in
journal of neuropathology suggests concussions and other brain injuries may trigger a motor neuron disease often mis-diagnosed as Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS).]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_08_17.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:22:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aaron Gitler: Into the Mind of Yeast]]></title><link>http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_08_01.html</link><description><![CDATA[Packard Researcher, Aaron Gitler, uses yeast as a model organism to provide powerful insights into ALS. Great video explains the "mind of yeast" and its relevance to ALS science.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_08_01.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:19:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[iPSCs less pliable than ESCs?]]></title><link>http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_07_22.html</link><description><![CDATA[New stem cell limitations raise caution, not despair.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_07_22.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:03:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reprogrammed Stem Cells May Have Limited Use in Treatment, Researchers Say]]></title><link>http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_07_20.html</link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_07_20.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:56:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fruit fly genes yielding clues to a deadly disease]]></title><link>http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_06_28.html</link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_06_28.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 02:06:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Global Day for ALS]]></title><link>http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_06_21.html</link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_06_21.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:38:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Caddy for Life Premieres Monday, June 14 at 9pm/ET, only on Golf Channel]]></title><link>http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_05_26.html</link><description><![CDATA[Caddy for Life
Premieres Monday, June 14 at 9pm/ET, only on Golf Channel]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_05_26.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 19:23:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watson honored as Nelson Prize recipient]]></title><link>http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_05_05.html</link><description><![CDATA[Tom Watson honored as Nelson Prize recipient – a $100,000 charitable contribution, which he will split between three charities: Children's Mercy Hospital, the Robert Packard Center for ALS Research at John Hopkins and The First Tee of Greater Kansas City.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_05_05.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 22:15:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stem cell treatment goes from lab to operating room]]></title><link>http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_05_04.html</link><description><![CDATA[First clinical trial to inject fetal stem cells into the spinal cord now underway.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_05_04.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 19:39:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Test for Swallowing Disorder Treatments Being Developed]]></title><link>http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_04_30.html</link><description><![CDATA[One of the silent, and most serious, symptoms of Lou Gehrig's disease, Parkinson's, muscular dystrophy and other neurodegenerative diseases is losing the ability to swallow.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_04_30.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 19:13:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commentary: A Fiesta 5K For O.J.]]></title><link>http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_05_01.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Fiesta 5K was held on Saturday at M & T Bank Stadium. It again was chaired by O.J. Brigance, the team's inspiring Director of Player Development, while raising money for the Robert Packard Center for ALS Research at Johns Hopkins.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_05_01.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 19:05:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ravens’ Heart and Soul – O.J. Brigance]]></title><link>http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_04_29.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Brigance Brigade – consisting of Ravens players, coaches and front office personnel – will roll through the streets of Baltimore this Saturday morning as part of the 4th Annual Fiesta 5K.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_04_29.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:16:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ravens To Support 5K Run For ALS]]></title><link>http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_04_23.html</link><description><![CDATA[Next weekend, the Baltimore Ravens are coming out in support of one of their own in a 5K race to raise money to research Lou Gehrig's disease, or Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_04_23.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:06:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Treatment Helps Control Involuntary Crying and Laughing – Common in MS, ALS Patients]]></title><link>http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_04_14.html</link><description><![CDATA[A new investigational treatment may help stop the Pseudobulbar affect (PBA) – a neurologic condition of involuntary, sudden and frequent episodes of laughing or crying]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_04_14.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:41:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Rat Model of ALS Will Add Power]]></title><link>http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_04_13.html</link><description><![CDATA[In 2006 came the news that a mutant gene, TDP-43—newly linked to ALS—might be a major player in the disease. More studies that now suggest it plays some part in the early stages of a wide range of neurodegenerative diseases.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_04_13.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:55:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Treatment Of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Lithium Trial Fails To Replicate Initial Success And Shows No Benefit]]></title><link>http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_04_07.html</link><description><![CDATA[An article published Online First and in the May edition of The Lancet Neurology concludes that lithium should not be used as a treatment in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_04_07.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:49:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clue to Cause of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Revealed in New Genetic Study]]></title><link>http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_04_06.html</link><description><![CDATA[Researchers have discovered a fifth genetic mutation associated with typical motor neuron disease, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, that has a similar pathological effect to certain genetic mutations revealed in earlier studies.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alscenter.org/news/rss_als_headlines/10_04_06.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:58:17 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
