ALS Headlines
May 8
2020
A new set of Answer ALS project data is now available through the Answer ALS Data Portal
To search the data, please visit the Answer ALS Data Portal!
Jul 16
2019
Rahul Desikan, a neurologist with UCSF, passes away after a brief battle with ALS
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Mar 22
2019
Scientists developed a method of “baiting” a protein that would otherwise ball up into toxic clumps and damage brain function.
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Jan 14
2019
A new Packard study found that found that excitotoxic stress and hyperactivity in neurons increased the production of toxic peptides associated with the C9orf72 repeat expansion.
Nov 15
2018
A new study by Packard scientist Jiou Wang reveals how the ALS-linked protein ubiquilin 2 helps to regulate RNA and protein balance when the cell is stressed.
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Oct 31
2018
A new study by Packard scientist Jiou Wang reveals that C9orf72 helps to regulate how cells use fats for energy when starved of glucose.
Read the full article on Genes and Development
Oct 31
2018
The Answer ALS Foundation today announces two gifts totaling $7 million. Caterpillar Inc. has contributed $4 million, and the Stay Strong vs ALS Fund has contributed $3 million
Jul 3
2018
Packard scientists close in on how small, toxic protein causes ALS
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Jun 14
2018
With his voice silenced and body ravaged, Rahul Desikan’s research gives him a ‘reason to live.’
Read the full article on www.washingtonpost.com
May 16
2018
O.J. Brigance and wife Chanda continue to fight ALS, 11 years after his diagnosis
Read the full article on www.washingtonpost.com.
