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  1. Discovery Science Clears Up How Brain 'Cleaners' Fail in ALS - Mayo Clinic News Network

    The study may provide a potential therapeutic target for that disease. The loss of neurons characterizes the neurodegenerative diseases of Alzheimer's and ALS.

  2. Mayo Clinic Receives $6 Million for ALS, FTD Research

    ... (ALS) or Lou Gehrig's disease and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). NINDS has awarded Leonard Petrucelli, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Neuroscience, and ...

  3. Mayo Clinic Minute: Icy Challenge Fires Up Research

    ... (ALS), which is commonly called Lou Gehrig's disease. “There's been a tremendous amount of benefits that have come from all the research money, including ...

  4. Mayo Clinic News Network Title: ALS Stem Cell Trial Release Date: May, 2014 Intro

    Intro: 15 people a day in the U.S. hear the devastating news that they have ALS. Also called Lou. Gehrig's disease, it is a gradually worsening condition that ...

  5. Science Saturday: Link found between key gene and two neurodegenerative diseases

    Research on ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases is possible through the generous donations from patients like artist Sandra Murphy-Pak, whose art and ...

  6. Mayo Clinic Researcher Honored for ALS Genetic Discovery

    JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — For her work in uncovering the genetic link between two different but related forms of neurodegenerative disease, Rosa Rademakers, ...

  7. Riluzole (oral route) - Side effects & dosage - Mayo Clinic

    Description. Riluzole is used to treat patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which is also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

  8. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Clinical Trials - Mayo Clinic Research

    The purpose of this study is to identify patients with a diagnosis of Amyotrophic Lateral Disease (ALS) or ALS variants who have laboratory markers of ...

  9. Mayo Clinic Researchers Uncover Toxic Interaction in Neurons that Leads to Dementia and ALS

    ... diseases: frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. The study is published Dec. 10 in the online issue ...

  10. Doctors and departments - Mayo Clinic

    ... ALS and other brain aging disorders. Research at Mayo Clinic into the genetic aspects of the disease is ongoing. It's hoped that future discoveries lead ...