ALS impacts families like the Prangers mentally, physically and emotionally. Scott Pranger explains how it also can throw a financial curveball, and why he was inspired to help. By Haley Otman, Michigan Medicine … [Read more...]
Multidisciplinary ALS Clinic Rapidly Rolls Out Virtual Care
Physicians and clinicians have quickly adapted Virtual Care to deliver uninterrupted patient care during the stay-at-home directive related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Multidisciplinary ALS Clinic at Michigan … [Read more...]
Voicing the Need for ALS Environmental Research
Drs. Feldman and Goutman call for action to study how the environment influences ALS risk and progression in a JAMA Neurology article. Dr. Feldman recently received a $2.5 million grant from the NIH to examine the ties between … [Read more...]
Feldman Partners with Reubinoff from Hadassah University in ALS Research
Latest research shows that ALS not only damages motor neurons, but also cells that support neuron function. The work was a collaborative effort with Dr. Benjamin Reubinoff, who is an affiliate member of the NeuroNetwork for … [Read more...]
Promising Results from Clinical Drug Trial Covered by The Wall Street Journal
U-M’s ALS Center of Excellence is a Research Site for the Amylyx Pharmaceuticals Drug Preliminary data showing an Amylyx Pharmaceuticals drug as a promising new therapy in slowing the progression of ALS was published in The Wall … [Read more...]
#IceALS RECAP: Remembering Scott Matzka & a Big Ten Showdown Bringing Together Old Friends
Friday, December 6 marked the 4th annual U-M Men’s Hockey ALS Awareness Game - #IceALS. It was also the first anniversary of the passing of Scott Matzka, who inspired the event. Matzka was a member of the 1998 national … [Read more...]
#ICEALS: Hockey Brings ALS Physicians, Friends Together from Michigan and Penn State
Drs. Eva Feldman and Zach Simmons, who direct the multidisciplinary ALS clinics at U-M, PSU, respectively, discuss their history together and their work in ALS The University of Michigan hockey team will hold its fourth … [Read more...]
Claudia Figueroa-Romero, PhD, and Benjamin Murdock, PhD, Interviewed and Published in Disease Models & Mechanisms
Assistant Research Scientist Claudia Figueroa-Romero, PhD, and Research Assistant Professor Benjamin Murdock, PhD, are co-first authors of a paper that found an association between gut bacteria and the immune system during ALS … [Read more...]
The ALS Association Awards Ben Murdock, Ph.D, 3-year Grant
The ALS grant will fund the study of NK cells' relationship to ALS and work to push a new drug therapy into clinical trials. The Program for Neurology Research & Discovery (PNRD) has received a new three-year $100,000 grant … [Read more...]
Stephen Goutman, M.D., M.S., Receives ALS Association Grant to Study Environment and Genetics
An ALS Association grant will help Stephen Goutman, M.D., M.S., associate director of the University of Michigan (U-M) ALS Center of Excellence, answer the most common question asked by patients suffering from amyotrophic lateral … [Read more...]
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