Research News Archive 2005


July 13, 2005
Treatment Targets for ALS Identified in Cell Based Screening Tests

July 7, 2005
TREAT ALS Builds on Concrete Research Progress by The ALS Association

July 7, 2005
Stem Cell Therapy for ALS

July 1, 2005
Initial Stem Cell Safety Trial in ALS

May 27, 2005
ALS Can Affect More than Motor Neurons, Researchers Conclude at a Workshop on FTD

May 25, 2005
Early motor changes in ALS mice paves way for testing candidate drugs

May 18, 2005
ALSA Hosts Researcher Presentation in Nation’s Capital

May 11, 2005
ALSA Launches TREAT ALS to Accelerate Drug Discovery for Lou Gehrig’s Disease

May 5, 2005
Report on the 2005 ALSA Drug Company Working Group Meeting

May 5, 2005
Progress on Biology of ALS Reported at AAN Meeting

April 25, 2005
New Familial ALS Mouse Model Results Promising

April 21, 2005
Human Neural Stem Cells Persist and Influence Nerve Cells in Rat Model of ALS

April 12, 2005
Cognitive Changes May Be Associated with ALS

March 13, 2005
New Gene Silencing Technique Promising in Animal Studies Funded by The ALS Association

March 2, 2005
Evidence of Retrovirus in Blood of ALS Patients

February 17, 2005
Leads for ALS Therapeutics Inhibit Aggregation of Mutant SOD1

February 19, 2005
ALSA Co-sponsors First International FTD/ALS Workshop

February 2, 2005
Epidemiology Studies Explore Potential Risk Factors for ALS

February 2, 2005
ALSA Renews Funding for Two Key Strategies Toward ALS Therapy

January 30, 2005
New ALS Therapies Suggested in Stem Cell Research

January 19, 2005
Specific Genes Identified in Developing Motor Neurons

January 14, 2005
ALSA Renews Grant to Tactonic as Rat Model Supplier

January 10, 2005
VEGF Delivered Directly to Brain Prolongs Rat Model Survival

January 5, 2005
Screening Effort Identifies Ceftriaxone as Potential ALS Therapeutic



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