An exciting Project-ALS funded study on the involvement of the gene TDP-43 in ALS-frontotemporal dementia. Understanding how TDP-43 contributes to neurodegeneration will help direct therapeutic
The Project ALS Pre-Clinical Core at the Motor Neuron Center at Columbia University is the most recent effort to put drugs through rigorous testing—so that
New ALS gene is identified: Project ALS researchers play critical role in the identification of KIF5A, which gives scientists a better understanding of ALS and
A. Ai Yamamoto, Ph.D. The acclaimed Columbia neuroscientist, a leading researcher in autophagy–or protein trafficking–in Huntington’s, has turned her talents to ALS. Project ALS recruited
Project ALS hosted Women & the Brain: A Night of Comedy on March 8th at City Winery in New York. Women & the Brain, an
Stu Hendel, his family, friends, and colleagues, raised $1.2 million for promising ALS drug testing on January 22nd at the Hunt & Fish Club in
Meet Ghazaleh Sadri-Vakili, PhD, one of Project ALS’s newest researchers. Dr. Sadri-Vakili is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and the Director
A breakthrough study funded by Project ALS defines the critical role of brain cells called “V1 interneurons” in human movement. Because movement is completely compromised
Under the direction of Tom Maniatis
The world is closer to understanding the causes of ALS. However, the most important power source in the fight to find medicine these days is…patients
Tommy Kirchhoff, and best friend, Bobby Whalen, quarterbacks at Cedar Cliff and Trinity High schools in PA, raised nearly $250,000 for Project ALS this past football
Team Chris Combs hosted their second annual Hope Gala to Defeat ALS on September 29th at the Umstead Hotel in Raleigh, NC. The event raised
