Packard Center News
Mar 19
2021

Answer ALS Partners to Launch the 'End ALS Challenge' Digital Competition
Jan 8
2021

The Answer ALS data portal seeks to empower researchers around the globe with the data needed to finally answer ALS.
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Nov 9
2020

In a new study, Packard researcher Jiou Wang and colleagues have identified a new regulatory switch for protein quality control that plays a role in the development of ALS.
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Sep 14
2020

In a new study, a team of Packard scientists identified a key intersection between two major pathways of pathology in ALS and frontotemporal dementia (FTD)
Read the full article in Science Translational Medicine
Sep 3
2020

Results of a new Phase 2 randomized clinical trial in 137 patients with ALS showed that treatment with the drugs sodium phenylbutyrate and taurursodiol, combined together, could significantly slow functional decline over 24 weeks compared to placebo.
Read more about the trial in a recent article on www.nytimes.com
Jul 9
2020

In a new study, Packard scientist Jiou Wang and colleagues showed that RNA structures called G-quadruplexes play a role in the formation and function of a type of granule called a paraspeckle.
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Jun 3
2020

Neuroscientists at Thomas Jefferson University have identified a new way that repeat expansion in the C9orf72 gene—the most common genetic cause of ALS and FTD—can contribute to ALS.
Read the full journal article here
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!
Mar 26
2020
Due to COVID-19, the annual Fiesta 5k for ALS Research will now be a virtual event!
Visit the Fiesta 5K website today:
Sep 27
2019

Washington College's Phi Delta Theta fraternity hosts annual crab feast to benefit the Packard Center
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