MOVE FOR ALS is a fundraising campaign inspired by Tony Judt
On May 25th, to raise awareness of ALS, two young men – one a former student of Tony Judt’s – will embark on a grueling 2-month long cycling challenge from Seattle to New York in a joint fundraising effort for Project A.L.S. +read more
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MOVE FOR ALS Ride starts May 25th.
Text ALS to 27722 to donate $5 to crucial research!
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“We founded Project A.L.S on the notion
that ALS would be solved...
...not by brilliant individuals working in isolation, but by committed aggressive teams of researchers working together. It was the American way. It was our way. It was the only way we were going to win this thing.” +read more
—Jenifer Estess, Project A.L.S.™ co-founder
©2000 Jenifer Estess by Brigitte Lacombe
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Jenifer Estess Laboratory for
Stem Cell Research
The world’s first and only privately funded lab dedicated exclusively
to stem cells and ALS. +read more
Stem cells stored in nitrogen tanks at the Project A.L.S.™ Jenifer Estess Laboratory for Stem Cell Research.
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Research Progress at the
Jenifer Estess Lab
Human motor neurons and astrocytes (pictured here) derived from patient stem cells allow scientists in the Project A.L.S.™ lab to study ALS live and up-close. +read more
Human motor neurons and astrocytes (pictured here) derived from patient stem cells.
Photo courtesy of Gist Croft and Mackenzie Weygandt, Project A.L.S.™/Jenifer Estess Lab for Stem Cell Research.
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Breaking News — Scientists Discover a New Role for Interneurons:
Modulating the Performance of Motor Neurons and Muscles
Major Implications for ALS
It is well established that motor neurons send signals directly to muscles to make them contract. In the December 10, '09 issue of the journal Neuron... +read more
Cover painting "Halo" by John Hoyland
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/08966273
Northport High School presents check of
$125,000 to Project A.L.S
May 18, 2010
On May 18, 2010 Northport High School students presented Project A.L.S. with...
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Project A.L.S.™ & Packard Center Take Aim at ALS with $15 Million Program
January 29, 2010
Leading researchers have united
for P2ALS, a 3-year mission to understand and treat the neurodegenerative disease…
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Night by Tony Judt
January 14, 2010
The author and historian's reflections on his personal experience with ALS.
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The mission of Project A.L.S.™ is to recruit the world’s best research scientists and clinicians to work together toward an understanding of and the first effective treatments for ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
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