Host a FUNdraising Event Fundraising events are a great opportunity to use your skills and your friends’ and family’s interests to achieve your fundraising goal. Here are some tips for hosting your own event: Get creative! Meet with your team to …
Walker Wednesday #2
Tips On How to Ask for Donations Asking for donations can be a daunting task. You might worry about offending someone or creating an awkward situation. Or you might feel uncomfortable talking about money or don’t know how to ask. …
Walker Wednesday #1
Teammates, Assemble! Hello, walkers! Believe it or not, we are only two and a half months away from the Les Turner ALS Walk for Life on Saturday, Sept. 14 at Soldier Field in Chicago. Now is the time to build up …
New ALS research grants awarded for 2024
We’re excited to share the latest ALS research grants from the Les Turner ALS Center at Northwestern Medicine and highlight a new milestone: in 2024, the Les Turner ALS Foundation is funding more than $1 million in ALS research grants …
Making Clinical Research Accessible: Insights from a Research Professional
Clinical research at the Lois Insolia Clinic at the Les Turner ALS Center at Northwestern Medicine plays a pivotal role in helping researchers understand the causes of ALS and how to develop better treatments for the disease. But many people …
To find the cause of ALS, researchers look to metabolism within motor neurons
As researchers at the Les Turner ALS Center at Northwestern Medicine search for the root causes of ALS, they are examining processes within the body — even down to the cellular level. In fact, recent research has shown that people …
Introducing the ALS & Participation in Clinical Research Guide
As the field of ALS research evolves, opportunities arise to participate in clinical trials and research studies that could lead to new treatments and insights into the disease. At the Les Turner ALS Foundation, we want to empower people living with …
5 Things to Know for New ALS Caregivers
An ALS diagnosis can change someone’s life overnight. Becoming an ALS caregiver, however, is a role and an identity that you grow into. Caring for a loved one with ALS can be extremely challenging, but it can also be very …
Letter: The Neuromuscular Disease Community Supports Swift Enactment of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024
Letter sent to Congress on May 3, 2024 Dear Speaker Johnson, Minority Leader Jeffries, Majority Leader Schumer, and Minority Leader McConnell; In service of the approximately 300,000 Americans living with a neuromuscular disease, for whom we collectively serve, the undersigned …
Harnessing the power of stem cells to find the drivers behind sporadic ALS
To better understand the molecular mechanisms that underlie ALS, researchers at the Les Turner ALS Center at Northwestern Medicine are harnessing the power of one of the 21st century’s most powerful medical tools: stem cells. In the lab of Evangelos …
