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ALS Research Roundup October-December 2012 1 Oct 2012 | 09:45 pm
Note: The research news featured in the October-December Research Roundup is a compilation of these MDA ALS News Online articles: Edition: MDA/ALS Newsmagazine Vol. 17, No. 4 Amy Madsen No read m...
Give It a Rest: Tips for Sleep-Deprived Caregivers 1 Oct 2012 | 09:45 pm
Getting enough sleep is essential to a caregiver's physical and mental health -- here's some ways to catch more zzzz's Editor’s note (Sept. 28, 2012): This is a reprint of an article that first ran i...
Adjustable Beds Are a Boon for Both Patient and Caregiver 1 Oct 2012 | 09:45 pm
In the journey with ALS, the right equipment can make life so much better Editor's note: Please be sure to check with your local clinic team, particularly the occupational therapist, for recommendati...
Putting Pieces Together: ALS Research Grants 1 Oct 2012 | 09:45 pm
MDA’s 2012 summer round of grants support research into multiple aspects of ALS Three new MDA grants totaling $891,156 have been awarded to research projects aimed at uncovering some of the many comp...
The Healing Power of Art 1 Oct 2012 | 09:45 pm
Award-winning young artist uses art to help deal with mother's ALS diagnosis As Batrek Yassa, 17, received the Portfolio Gold Award from the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers at the Scholastic Art...
Looking for a Sign: Biomarkers in ALS 2 Jul 2012 | 12:45 am
Biomarkers are needed to light the way in research and therapy development An urgent need exists for biomarkers — biological indicators — in ALS research that can be used: An urgent need exists in A...
Antisense Against C90RF72 2 Jul 2012 | 12:41 am
Bryan Traynor Even as some scientists work to develop animal and human cellular models of C9ORF72-related ALS (see C9ORF72 Research Models), others already are targeting the gene with experimental th...
C90RF72 Research Models 2 Jul 2012 | 12:39 am
Phillip Wong, professor in the departments of pathology and neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, is working — with MDA support — to develop research mouse models o...
C90RF72: Bound to Repeat Itself 2 Jul 2012 | 12:37 am
What we've learned about C90RF72 in ALS In September 2011, two research teams working independently added chromosome 9 open reading frame 72 (C9ORF72) to the list of genes that, when mutated, can cau...
ALS Research Roundup July-September 2012 2 Jul 2012 | 12:35 am
Note: The research news featured in the July-October Research Roundup is a compilation of these MDA ALS News Online articles: Edition: MDA/ALS Newsmagazine Vol. 17, No. 3 ALSN Staff No read more
