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The ALS Association is an American nonprofit organization that funds global amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) research, provides care services and programs to people affected by ALS through its nationwide network of clinical care centers, and works with ALS advocates around the country for state and federal policies that serve people living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also ...
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The Center was opened in addition to the continual operation of three research laboratories and the Lois Insolia ALS Clinic. [10] Among the Center's contributions to ALS research have been the 1993 co-discovery of the first genetic mutation linked to cause ALS, SOD1, [11] [12] as well as FUS in 2009 [13] [14] and others linked to familial ALS.
Wallach was diagnosed with ALS in 2017 at the age of 37 on the same day he and his wife brought home their second daughter from the hospital. [3] Originally visiting the doctor for a persistent cough, Wallach had also mentioned experiencing muscle tremors and weakness in his left hand and was told he probably had a progressive neurodegenerative disease. [2]
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I was diagnosed with familial ALS, or genetic ALS, in 2022. Also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis runs in my family.
The institute has raised and spent more than $100 million on research into effective treatments for ALS and practices open-source science. [19] After the discovery that the multiple sclerosis drug Gilenya might also be a treatment for ALS, the Institute enrolled 30 people in a Phase 2A clinical trial the drug in 2013, though it did not progress further.
The first to be discovered was TDP-43 protein, [78] a nuclear protein that aggregates in the cytoplasm of motor neurons in almost all cases of ALS; however, mutations in TARDBP, the gene that codes for TDP-43, are a rare cause of ALS. [10] FUS codes for FUS, another RNA-binding protein with a similar function to TDP-43, which can cause ALS when ...