Drs. Eva Feldman, Stephen Goutman and Claudia Figueroa-Romero collaborated with Mount Sinai to find evidence that early childhood heavy metal exposure is an ALS risk factor. Scientists from the Michigan Medicine NeuroNetwork for … [Read more...]
Taking on ALS: An Emotional and Financial Burden
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...]
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