Faces of ALS: Creating Memories
Kristin Rankin, PhD, of Palos Park, was a happily married mom to three energetic young daughters and on track to make tenure at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s School of Public Health. But everything changed when she was diagnosed, …
Save the Date: 8th Annual Les Turner Symposium on ALS and NeuroRepair
The 8th Annual Les Turner Symposium on ALS and NeuroRepair will be held on Monday, November 12, 2018 at Prentice Women’s Hospital in Chicago, IL. Celebrating research, patient care and education–attendees have the opportunity to attend featured presentations from leading …
Faces of ALS: “They were right there when I needed them…”
For fifteen years, Darryl Carradine lived thinking he had Multiple Sclerosis. But something didn’t seem right. His symptoms kept getting worse and he wasn’t getting the help he needed. In a rare twist of fate, Darryl met the doctor who …
Updates for 2018
New ALS Research Laboratory – The Les Turner ALS Research and Patient Center will add a fourth lab to support the research of the Center Director, Robert Kalb, MD. The lab will focus on activity-dependent development of circuits in the …
Join the ALS Registry
In the next year alone, about 5,000 people in the U.S. may be diagnosed with #ALS. The National #ALSRegistry is connecting persons living with ALS with researchers who want to find the causes of the disease, help those diagnosed, and …
Radicava FAQs
Les Turner ALS Research and Patient Center at Northwestern Medicine On May 5, the FDA approved a new drug to treat ALS. Radicava™ (also known as Edaravone) is the first approved ALS-specific drug since Riluzole, which was approved 22 years …
