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Research News Archive 2008


December 9, 2008
ALS Association Co-Funds Study Boosting the Body’s Detoxifying System Counteracts Nerve Cell Loss in Mice

November 25, 2008
Disappointing Results from IGF-1 Clinical Trial

Protein that Controls Upper Motor Neuron Development Identified

October 20, 2008
Astrocyte replacement shows promise in a rat model of ALS

October 3, 2008
$5 Million ALS Research Bill Signed By President

September 22, 2008
Investigators Demonstrate That Modified Adult Stem Cells Show Promise in a Rat Model of ALS

August 26, 2008
The ALS Association to Support Trial of Lithium

August 15, 2008
Fall Research Grants Announced

August 1, 2008
Stem Cells Generated from ALS Patients for the First Time

July 21, 2008
World's First Genome-Wide Spinal Cord Atlas Unveiled

May 29, 2008
How Stem Cells Could Fight Lou Gehrig's Disease

May 13, 2008
A Diverse Research Portfolio: The ALS Association Research Program Takes a Multi-pronged Approach to Speed Therapy Development

May 4, 2008
New Research on ALS Presented at AAN Annual Meeting

May 4, 2008
Drug Company Working Group Focuses on New ALS Therapies

March 28, 2008
The ALS Association Conference Outlines The Way Forward in ALS Drug Discovery

March 10, 2008
The ALS Association's 32nd Certified Center Is Participating in TREAT ALS Initiative

February 28, 2008
New ALS Gene Paves the Way for Better Understanding, New Treatments

February 7, 2008
The ALS Association Works with Investigators on Follow Up Study of Lithium for Treating ALS

 




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