THE PROJECT ALS MISSION
Project ALS identifies and funds the most promising scientific research that will lead to the first effective treatments and a cure for ALS. We recruit the world’s best scientists and doctors to work together—rationally and aggressively—to develop a better understanding of the ALS disease process and, in parallel, better therapeutic strategies.
Read about the latest updates in ALS research, and see the Project ALS research philosophy – something we’re proud to say has accelerated the pace of research.
WHAT'S NEW WITH PROJECT ALS
Project ALS & the Robert Packard Center for ALS Research present Challenges & Opportunities of ALS Modeling
Packard Center and Project ALS host workshop to share knowledge on culturing human neurons as an essential research tool From April 28–30, more than forty leading researchers gathered in Washington, D.C., at the invitation of the Robert Packard Center for ALS Research and Project ALS to discuss the critical challenges of accurately modeling ALS in a dish. The meeting aimed to harness the potential of new technologies to develop better
Statement on Proposed NIH Cuts
Project ALS is concerned by proposed cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
ALS Super Models: The 2024 Edition
ALS Super Models: The 2024 Edition Change is coming for ALS drug discovery. New and improved laboratory models of ALS now allow researchers and drug companies to study potential therapies more thoroughly– before they reach the clinical trial stage. In the old days—before patient stem cell models of ALS were developed—identifying effective ALS therapies was a crapshoot, a series of educated guesses. Drugs that “looked good on paper” didn’t work