NOLA.com

First findings for state-level ALS data released. How does Louisiana compare?

The ALS Registry released its first analysis of state-level ALS incidence estimates for all 50 states in 2025. See the data: ...

Potentially reversible ALS mechanism changes understanding of the disease

In Canada, between 3,000 and 4,000 people are living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a disease that remains ...
EurekAlert!

Better understanding ALS by looking at how cells change

It took eight long years of research, but now an international team led by neuroscientists at Université de Montréal has discovered a basic molecular mechanism that better helps understand how Lou ...
STAT

Understanding genetics of ALS allows scientists to target causal genes in patients

For many patients and caregivers with neurological diseases, receiving a diagnosis often triggers a complex series of emotions. And while it’s an answer that helps provide clarity, it’s not always the ...
Saint Louis University

Understanding ALS through Data

When Dr. Neha Gandhi was a medical student in India, she—like so many others around the world—participated in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Little did she know that years later, she would be a ...
KTVU

Understanding ALS: A disease with no cure

Actor Eric Dane has died at the age of 53, just 10 months after revealing his battle with ALS. Now, many are remarking on the perceived speed with which his condition turned fatal. Dr. Jill Goslinga, ...
Medical Xpress

A new tool for understanding ALS: Patients' brain cells

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have transformed skin cells from patients with Lou Gehrig's disease, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), into brain cells affected by the progressive, fatal ...
Science Daily

Understanding 'disease mechanisms' of ALS

Researchers are making strides in understanding the disease mechanism of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Syracuse University researchers are making strides in ...
Brandeis University

Beyond the Ice Bucket: Brandeis scientists work to understand ALS

The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is simple: Donate $100 to an ALS charity or dump a bucket of ice water on your head and donate $10. Millions of people around the world have taken the challenge, including ...
Campaign Asia

World ALS Day initiative looks to deepen understanding of disease in Japan

Fujita is the founder of the End ALS Association as well as a planner at McCann Worldgroup Japan. The commercial is part of an ongoing project to raise awareness and understanding of ALS (amyotrophic ...
News Medical

Combining EEG and MRI could expand ways of understanding ALS

Our brains function by electrical and chemical signaling. Recording brain wave patterns can be very helpful in conditions like epilepsy, but the potential of this inexpensive and easily applied ...