Participate Remotely in Microbiome Assessment (MAP ALS)
MGH is seeking 200 PALS and healthy volunteers to participate in a stool collection research study.
Trial News & Events
The ALS Association Honors Four Courageous People at Annual Heroes Luncheon in Atlanta
Two NEALS Research Ambassadors - Richard Isaacs and Ted Harada – were among the four courageous people honored at the Annual Heroes Luncheon! Read more here.…
Confirmed: ALS Attacks Cognition and Behavior
Writing in the January 27 Neurology online, the study authors distinguished between symptoms of cognitive impairment and behavioral impairment among 274 people with ALS. Read more here.…
NEALS Executive Committee Election Results
Please join us in congratulating James Berry from Mass General and Peggy Allred from Cedars-Sinai.
New therapy halts progression of Lou Gehrig’s disease in mice
Researchers at Oregon State University announced today that they have essentially stopped the progression of ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, for nearly two years in one type of mouse model used to study the disease. Read more here.…
Long Island PALS Accepted as Research Ambassador at Annual NEALS Conference
How Frank Verdone finds inspiration through educating people about the disease. Read more here.…
How One Man Brought the ALS Research Community Together
ALS patient Kevin Gosnell brought top doctors together, and now they're pledging to find a treatment in four years. Read more here.…
Update on ALS BrainStorm Stem Cell Clinical Trials
The new study showed that implanting stem cells that produce neurotrophic factors (MSC-NTF) into either muscle or the intrathecal space surrounding the spinal cord, or both, after 6 months were shown to be safe and associated with only mild and transient adverse effects, principally headache and fever. Read more here.…
PRO-ACT Database
We are excited to report that the PRO-ACT database is growing- Six new trials were added to the database, which now includes 23 trials and data from over 10,700 patients! The database is available for researchers on www.ALSDatabase.org …
2015 International Symposium on ALS/MND
Congratulations to NEALS Co-Chair Dr. Terry Heiman-Patterson for winning this year's prestigious Forbes Norris Award!