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ALS News Network Briefs:
Tell-Tale Protein Clumping in ALS is Less Complex Than Expected - April 10, 2008
ALS Mouse Study Highlights Astrocytes' Strong Potential as Therapy Target - February 7, 2008
ALS Treatment: A Matter of Cleaning House? - December 19, 2007
New Study Brings What Goes Wrong in Inherited ALS into Focus - September 18, 2007
New ALS Protein Could Be a Keystone - August 9, 2007

Muscles More Than Passive Victims in ALS, Study Suggests - June 29, 2007

Self-Attack? Self-Repair? First Real Look at Gene Activity in ALS Models Sparks Thirst for Answers - May 3, 2007

Model of Accelerated Familial ALS Sheds Light on Disease Process - April 6, 2007
First Vaccine for Familial ALS Shows Potential in Model Mice - January 29, 2007
Our Five-Year Plan? Let Human Cells EXcellerate Therapy - January 18, 2007

Clinical Trials: State of the Pipeline - December 12, 2006

Packard Center Makes Headway Using Nobel Prize-Winning Technique - October 3, 2006

First-Time Workshop Taps Into World-Class ALS Expertise - September 29, 2006

Unusual Approach to fALS Therapy Clears First Animal Studies - August 1, 2006
Ceftriaxone Trial to Begin Enrolling ALS Patients - June 21, 2006
Packard Scientists Use Embryonic Stem Cells, New Cues to Awaken Latent Motor Nerve Repair - June 20, 2006
Packard Scientists Announce First International Gene Search for Typical ALS - May 16, 2006
Packard Scientist Don Cleveland Joins Scientific Elite - April 28,2006
Discovery of Gene for a Rare Form of Ataxia Could Help Understand ALS - March 29, 2006
New Molecule Touches Key Bases in the ALS Therapy Pipeline - March 3, 2006
Packard Scientist Sheds Light on Nerve Cell "Nursery" in the Brain - January 23, 2006
Researchers Uncover New Toxic Mechanism in ALS - December 20, 2005
Notes From the Field - an ALS writer’s view of this year's Society for Neuroscience meetings - December 15, 2005
Notes From the Field - an insider’s view of the 5th annual Packard Center symposium - September 29, 2005
Packard Scientist Sheds Light on the Earliest Flaws in ALS Mice - July 19, 2005
Study Suggests Dramatic Way to Step Up Protection of Endangered Cells - May 20, 2005
New Study Could Settle the Exercise Question…and More - May 10, 2005
Center Scientist Alex Kolodkin Named Hughes Investigator - March 24, 2005
New Packard Center Animal Studies Shed Light on Nerve Regeneration, Suggest Approach - February 22, 2005
Center Scientist Gets DOD Seal of Approval - January 19, 2005
Packard Center-VA Collaboration a Possibility - December 13, 2005
Packard Center Commentary: RESULTS OF CELEBREX TRIAL REPORTED - November 10, 2004
A VEGF Story - October 13, 2004
A Common Path May Underlie Most Motor Neuron Disease, Study Says - September 3, 2004
Three Joint Grants Support More Gritty Basic ALS Research - July 14, 2004
Study Singles Out Mitochondrial Damage as Key Problem in ALS - July 12, 2004
New Study Shows Stem Cells Can Navigate Spinal Cord - April 29, 2004
Scientists Find Fourth Gene for Inherited ALS - March 22, 2004
Study Adds to the Aggregate Idea of What Goes Wrong in ALS Cells - March 8, 2004
Center Grantee Uncovers New Protective Process in Spinal Motor Nerve Cells - January 29, 2004
Center Study Explains a Major Sign of Disease in ALS Cells - January 21, 2004
Encouraging Steps Taken Toward Nerve Regrowth - December 22, 2003
John Gearhart, Packard Center Scientist, Honored By Major Medical Research Organization - October 30, 2003
The Neighborhood Matters: Packard Scientists Show Cell Environment's Important in ALS - October 2, 2003
Gene Therapy Delays Death in Mouse with Symptoms of Lou Gehrig's Disease - August 8, 2003
Tom Marcus Joins Board of Governors - August 6, 2003
Human Stem Cells Improve Movement in Paralyzed Rats - June 27, 2003
On the Trail of Proteins Gone Awry - June 5, 2003
Consortium Undertakes Collaborative Initiative to Screen FDA-Approved Compounds for Treatment of ALS in Mice - April 16, 2003
Center Scientist Spots Another Major Path in ALS Model - March 14, 2003
New Collaboration to Uncover ALS Genes Announced - March 12, 2003
Three Drug Cocktail Shows Clear Benefit in Mouse ALS Models - March 8, 2003
Packard Center and ALSA Join Forces - February 5, 2003
Center Scientists Eye a Basic Approach to Let ALS Patients Breathe Easier - January 22, 2003
Celebrex Works Well in ALS Mouse Models - December 18, 2002
Study Shows Mitochondria Likely Go Awry in ALS - December 16, 2002
Second Annual Research Symposium: Progress is Sure - December 10, 2002
Center Takes on Two New ALS Researchers - September 22, 2002
Center Scientists Home in on ALS Cell Death Route,
Pinpoint a New Target
- July 18, 2002
Center for ALS Research at Hopkins Named
for Robert Packard
- July 11, 2002
Center Director Discusses New Research,
Cautions Reporters at Stem Cell Symposium
- June 28, 2002
'Wings' Swoops Over the Center for ALS
Research, Offers Help
- June 12, 2002
Glial Stem Cells Strengthen Ideas on How Cells Go Astray in ALS and Suggest How to Put Things Right
- May 1, 2002
Gurney Adds Pharma, Genomics Expertise to ALS Center- April 23, 2002
Study links protein "clumps" with severity of disease in ALS model - April 10, 2002
Fred Gage, Expert in Brain Regeneration, Joins ALS Center - April 9, 2002
New Transgenic Rat Model of ALS Expands Research Possibilities - January 30, 2002

Aggressive Research Effort Launched to Study Newly-Discovered Gene - November 30, 2001

 

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Recent news from the Robert Packard Center for ALS Research:
William H. Adams Foundation Pumps New Energy, Funds into Search for ALS Cure - May 6, 2008
Tell-Tale Protein Clumping in ALS is Less Complex Than Expected - April 10, 2008

ALS Mouse Study Highlights Astrocytes' Strong Potential as Therapy Target - February 7, 2008

Exciting New Human ALS Trial: Lithium and Riluzole - February 7, 2008
ALS Treatment: A Matter of Cleaning House? - December 19, 2007

New Study Brings What Goes Wrong in Inherited ALS into Focus - September 18, 2007

New ALS Protein Could Be a Keystone - August 9, 2007
Muscles More Than Passive Victims in ALS, Study Suggests - June 29, 2007
Saer and O’Neill Named Packard Center Board Co-Chairs - June 28, 2007

Self-Attack? Self-Repair? First Real Look at Gene Activity in ALS Models Sparks Thirst for Answers - May 3, 2007

Model of Accelerated Familial ALS Sheds Light on Disease Process - April 6, 2007
Early News From First Large Search for Sporadic ALS Genes - February 20, 2007
Human Stem Cell Transplants Mature Into Neurons and Make Contacts in Rat Spinal Cord - February 14, 2007

First Vaccine for Familial ALS Shows Potential in Model Mice - January 29, 2007

Our Five-Year Plan? Let Human Cells EXcellerate Therapy - January 18, 2007




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