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1. Searching for Environmental Factors That May Cause ALS

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Understanding what causes ALS may help guide researchers in the development of new treatments to fight or prevent the disease. Scientists around the world are hard at work exploring environmental and lifestyle differences that may cause ...

2. Bruijn January 2013 Research Webinar Summary

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An Overview of Progress in ALS Research for 2012Research Webinar January 15, 2013Host and Presenter: ALS Association Chief Scientist Lucie Bruijn, Ph.D.This was a very busy year for ALS research, said ALS Association Chief Scientist Luci...

Description: "Year in Review" Webinar with Lucie Bruijn, Ph.D.

3. Research Summary_Cudkowicz

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Research Update Webinar SeriesPartnership to Accelerate Clinical Trials: NEALS and TREAT ALSTMPresented by: Merit Cudkowicz, M.D.Clinical trials are the most important step in the development of new therapies in ALS. Ideally,a new agent ...

4. Webinar Summary - Jeromin Biomarkers

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Progress in Developing Biomarkers for ALS Will Speed Clinical TrialsResearch Webinar December 13, 2012Host: ALS Association Chief Scientist Lucie Bruijn, Ph.D.Guest Speaker: Andreas Jeromin, Ph.D.Developing a biomarker for a neurological...

5. Jeromin Webinar December 2012

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Progress in Developing Biomarkers for ALS Will Speed Clinical TrialsResearch Webinar December 13, 2012Host: ALS Association Chief Scientist Lucie Bruijn, Ph.D.Guest Speaker: Andreas Jeromin, Ph.D.Developing a biomarker for a neurological...

Description: Jeromin Biomarkers for ALS December 2012 Research Webinar

6. Webinar Summary - Petrucelli

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Understanding TDP-43 in ALSResearch Webinar: April 2, 2012Presented by: Leonard Petrucelli, Ph.D.Since its discovery as an ALS gene in 2009, TDP-43 has become the focus of intense researchinto the causes of ALS. Mutations in the TDP-43 g...

7. PDUFA_Comments 2012

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National Office1275 K Street, N.W.Suite 1050Washington, DC 20005Telephone 202.407.8580Fax 202.289.6801Member National HealthCouncilOctober 24, 2011Division of Documents Management (HFA-305)c/o Janet Woodcock, MDDirector, Center for Drug ...

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8. FYI - Glutamate

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Glutamate Research Could Lead to ALS TreatmentDecades of research on the neurotransmitter glutamate have produced promising results thatcould lead to treatment for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). Scientists believe excessiveexposure...

Description: Glutamate Research Could Lead to ALS Treatment

9. 21010 Recap

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The Roadmap to a Cure2010 National ALS Advocacy Day and Public Policy ConferenceIn May, hundreds of advocates from across the country joined together in Washington, DCfor The ALS Association’s 2010 National ALS Advocacy Day and Public Po...

10. Webinar Summary - Rademaker

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Major ALS Gene Discovery Set to Accelerate Research PaceWebinar presented: December 13,2011By: Rosa Rademakers, PhD, and Bryan Traynor, M.D.The pace of ALS research has been accelerating in the past several years with new genediscoveries...