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ALS Awareness Month: Supporting Our Veterans ALS Awareness Month is just about to wrap up. Over the past few weeks we’ve been highlighting different themes, ranging from information about ALS itself to shining a spotlight on members of our community. This …
ALS Awareness Month: Celebrating nurses As ALS Awareness Month continues, we’re taking the opportunity to celebrate the nurses who make an enormous difference for people living with ALS. We can’t possibly thank nurses enough for the care they provide. If you feel …
ALS Awareness Month: Take action! May is ALS Awareness Month, a terrific opportunity to share your commitment to ALS care and research with friends and colleagues. All month, we’ll be sharing ideas to help you make an impact and highlighting people …
Foundation News The first ALS Walk for Life team to register is… We are so excited to be back at Soldier Field for the ALS Walk for Life on Saturday, Sept 23! Congratulations to Hursh Power for being the first team to sign up …
Foundation News Note from the CEO Next week, the Les Turner ALS Foundation will welcome its new CEO, Laura Freveletti. I’m thrilled for Laura and the Foundation and will work closely with her, our board, staff and our many partners to …
Foundation News Tune in tomorrow: FDA meeting on tofersen The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will hold an advisory committee meeting on Wednesday, March 22 to review Biogen’s New Drug Application for accelerated approval of tofersen, a treatment for …
Foundation News FDA Advisory Committee meeting on tofersen, an SOD1-ALS treatment set for March 22 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will hold an advisory committee meeting on March 22 to review Biogen’s New Drug Application (NDA) for accelerated …
Foundation News Calming the destructive cells of ALS One of the reasons that ALS can progress quickly is that certain types of cells in the human body will attack diseased upper motor neurons, which are needed to initiate movement. Once …
Scientists from the Les Turner ALS Center at Northwestern Medicine have discovered two ways to preserve diseased upper motor neurons that would normally be destroyed in ALS, based on a study in mice. Upper motor neurons initiate movement, and they …
Foundation News Place your bids to help find a cure for ALS Let’s get ready to bid! Online bidding opens Feb. 15 for the Hope Through Caring Gala’s silent auction, with over 150 items including travel experience packages with resort …
