Articles of Interest
IN MEMORIAM
Stephen Heywood, 37; he opened his life to other ALS patients
By David Abel, Globe Staff | November 28, 2006
Plan would create lines of human stem cells
Baltimore Sun, June 7. 2006
In this article, noted stem cell researcher and Packard investigator Dr. John Gearhart comments on the implications this new, privately funded embryonic stem cell research may have, particularly with respect to ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases.
BOOK
REVIEW
Luckiest
Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig
Lou Gehrig: A Biography
New England Journal of Medicine,
Volume 353:854-855 August 25, 2005 Number 8
By any reckoning, Lou Gehrig was the best first baseman
in the history of baseball. Jonathan Eig, a writer for the Wall Street
Journal, deftly tells the story about how the son of impoverished
German immigrants became a national hero, how he flourished, and how his
career ended in the great misfortune of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
(ALS), the disease that now bears his name.
NEUROSCIENCE:
The Dark Side of Glia (excerpt)
Science, Vol 308, Issue 5723, 778-781, 6 May 2005
Long ignored, the nervous system's glial cells may turn
out to be key players in disease and prime targets for therapy.
UW
Scientists Find Protein To Fight Neurological Diseases
Wisconsin State Journal, January 5, 2005
UW-Madison researchers, lead by Packard Center researcher Jeff Johnson,
have found a protein that may stop the progression of neurological diseases
such as Huntington's, Parkinson's, Lou Gehrig's and Alzheimer's.
ALS
Lost Nerve Power
ScienCentral News, December 21, 2004
Scientists may have found the cause of a rare, inherited form of Lou
Gehrig's disease. As this article reports, this could offer insight into
potential therapies for all forms of this debilitating disease.
“Mike
Was In the Kitchen Chopping Carrots…”
Washingtonian Magazine, October 12, 2004
Packard Center board member Meg Roggensack wrote about her husband’s
battle with Lou Gehrig’s disease for The Washingtonian. Also read
the transcript
of Meg's online chat about the article and her life with
Mike.
Scientists
Find New Way Stem Cells Repair Organs
Washington Post, October 8, 2004
Embryonic stem cells, valued by researchers for their ability to become
any kind of tissue that a body might need, also produce druglike compounds
that can help ailing organs repair themselves, scientists are reporting
today.
Jay
Brodie: Keeping a Commitment
The Baltimore Sun, October 27, 2003
A tribute to M.J. "Jay" Brodie, a member of the Packard
Center Board of Governors.
Are Stem Cells
in Your Future?
Excerpts from a lecture sponsored by The Friends of the Johns Hopkins
University Libraries on May 28, 2003 featuring noted stem cell researcher
John Gearhart. Dr. Gearhart is an investigator and advisor for
the Robert Packard Center for ALS Research at Johns Hopkins.
Recommended Reading
Birthday
Party for 'Luckiest Man,' Game's Durable Icon
The New York Times, June 15, 2003
Elizabeth Angell, ALS
advocate and daughter of Board member Jean Angell, is quoted in this article
about Lou Gehrig's 100th birthday.
With Metals in Mind
The Scientist, June 2, 2003
Copper could be a culprit
in Lou Gehrig's disease. Center investigators Valerie
Culotta and Philip Wong
are among the scientists researching this possibility.
Mending
Paralysis
Hopkins Medical News, Winter 2002
A vibrant woman stricken
with ALS and a young neurology researcher both rest their hopes in the
curative powers of stem cells.
In
the Name of Lou Gehrig
Hopkins Medical News, Summer 2000
More than 60 years
after the “Iron Horse” succumbed to ALS, researchers appear
at last to be making headway toward defeating the devastating neurological
condition that killed him.
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