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Date Posted: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 |
Exercising involves motor neuron activation, which is accompanied by such consequences as oxidative stress, free radical production and glutamate stimulation. These exercise-induced effects are strict... |
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Date Posted: Monday, October 26, 2009 |
New guidelines from the American Academy of Neurology identify the most effective treatments for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) ... |
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Date Posted: Thursday, June 25, 2009 |
The Bernice Ramsay Clinical Research Fellowship supports specialized training in clinical care and research skills related to ALS. This fellowship is funded by the ALS Society of Canada and has a dura... |
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Date Posted: Friday, March 27, 2009 |
Two separate teams of ALS researchers have revealed that mutations of the fused in sarcoma/translated in liposarcoma (FUS/TLS) gene are implicated in the development of inherited or familial ALS (FALS... |
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Date Posted: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 |
In Canada, there is a lack of information about the extent and impact of neurological conditions (brain and nervous system diseases, disorders, conditions and injuries). This makes it difficult to pla... |
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Date Posted: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 |
The ALS Society of Canada is pleased to announce the 9th Neuromuscular Research Partnership call for proposals. This Partnership is a collaboration between the ALS Society of Canada, Muscular Dystrop... |
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Date Posted: Friday, October 10, 2008 |
A number of therapies have shown promise in pre-clinical models of motor neuron disease. Many of these treatment approaches, however, failed in human studies. American researchers Veena Lanka and Meri... |
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Date Posted: Friday, October 10, 2008 |
French researchers Philippe Corcia and Vincent Meininger, published a study in Drugs 2008:68(8):1037 earlier this year entitled Management of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Even though ALS remains fat... |
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Date Posted: Thursday, August 28, 2008 |
Toronto, August 28, 2008: The ALS Society of Canada is supporting two parallel and extremely important missions to help people with ALS.
The first is supporting the funding of a national clinical tri... |
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Date Posted: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 |
Montreal, March 31, 2008 – A team of Canadian and French researchers has identified a novel gene responsible for a significant fraction of ALS (sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) cases. ... |
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Date Posted: Thursday, February 14, 2008 |
Hundreds of ALS researchers and clinicians came to Toronto to attend the 18th International Symposium on ALS/MND, December 13, 2007, at the Westin Harbour Castle. The annual symposium was organized by... |
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Date Posted: Thursday, January 03, 2008 |
Tanguay was recently awarded a one-year, $40,000 grant for his project “Over expression of small mitochondrial chaperones in a mouse model of ALS”. The award is jointly funded by the ALS Society of C... |
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Date Posted: Thursday, December 06, 2007 |
A list of NRP funding recipients and projects for 2007.... |
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Date Posted: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 |
TORONTO, November 22, 2007: Hundreds of scientists and clinicians are on their way to Toronto, Canada for this year’s international research meeting on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/motor neurone dise... |
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Date Posted: Friday, January 04, 2008 |
In an effort to leverage funds and increase the ALS profile among young researchers, the Tim E. No?l Fellowship in ALS Research was created in 2006 using money from the Tim No?l Endowment Fund. Sher... |
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Date Posted: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 |
[Quick Summary: The protein discovered to be a potential common link in ALS and frontotemporal dementia is thought to interact with the genetic message instructing how to assemble components within mo... |
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Date Posted: Thursday, February 15, 2007 |
Sunday June 10 - 13, 2007
Best Western Lamplighter Inn
London, Ontario Canada... |
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Date Posted: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 |
For more then two decades, Dr. Guy Rouleau and his lab at the University of Montreal have put a continuous effort into the identification of genes causing ALS.... |
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Date Posted: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 |
The Institute of Genetics, the Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis and the Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction and CIHR in partnership with the ALS Society of Canada ... |
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Date Posted: Thursday, October 19, 2006 |
Dr. Denise Figlewicz, PhD, will lead the development and implementation of a national research strategy, represent ALS Canada among scientific communities and act as advisor to government and industry... |
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Date Posted: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 |
(Philadelphia, PA) -- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered the major disease protein for two neurodegenerative disorders: a type of frontotemporal dementia ... |
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Date Posted: Monday, September 18, 2006 |
Denise Figlewicz, PhD, joined the ALS Society of Canada on September 5, 2006 as Director of Research. The position of Director of Research is a newly created position for ALS Canada.... |
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Date Posted: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 |
The first-ever Tim E. Noël Fellowships in ALS Research have been awarded to Edor Kabashi, Joe V. Chakkalakal and François Gros-Louis.
“The awards are a wonderful example of leveraging of funds an... |
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Date Posted: Monday, July 10, 2006 |
The ALS Society of Canada’s Research Forum, with the theme of “Inspiration,” took place March 24 - 26 at the Bank of Montreal Institute for Learning in Toronto.
The forum addressed the issues of re... |
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Date Posted: Friday, June 23, 2006 |
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University recently reported preliminary evidence that cells derived from embryonic stem cells can restore movement in an animal model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (AL... |
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Date Posted: Thursday, July 05, 2007 |
The International Symposium on ALS/MND is a unique annual event which brings together leading international researchers and Health and Social Care Professionals to present and debate key innovations i... |
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Date Posted: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 |
For more then two decades, Dr. Guy Rouleau and his lab at the University of Montreal have put a continuous effort into the identification of genes causing ALS. The success of this research is largely... |
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Date Posted: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 |
Exactly how ALS — Lou Gehrig’s disease — damages motor neurons is one of medical science’s lingering mysteries. At least six mishaps within cells appear to contribute to the death of the nerves that e... |
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Date Posted: Friday, January 06, 2006 |
In the December 20th online issue of Nature Neuroscience, ALS Canada board member and researcher Dr. Jean-Pierre Julien and his colleagues report that mutant SOD1 molecules - those that bring about a ... |
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Date Posted: Friday, December 23, 2005 |
A short description...... |
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Date Posted: Thursday, December 22, 2005 |
Investigators at the ALS Center at Emory University are investigating the possibility of designing a clinical trial for persons at risk for familial (inherited) ALS. Since this is a rare disease, th... |
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Date Posted: Monday, December 12, 2005 |
In an upcoming issue of Nature Neuroscience, ALS Canada board member and researcher Dr. Jean-Pierre Julien and his colleagues report that mutant SOD1 molecules - those that bring about a familial form... |
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Date Posted: Monday, November 21, 2005 |
ALS Canada’s board of directors approved the creation of a post-doctoral fellowship in ALS research valued at $75,000 annually and renewable for up to three years at its November meeting. The interest... |
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Date Posted: Thursday, September 29, 2005 |
University of Western Ontario alumni Donald Rix donated $2 million to the university's medical school. The funds will go toward the clinical skills learning building named after him at the UWO Schuli... |
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Date Posted: Friday, June 24, 2005 |
Prince County Tim Hortons outlets and the host committee of the International Softball Federation 2005 Junior Men's World Softball Championship have teamed up to raise money to promote awareness and ... |
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Date Posted: Thursday, June 16, 2005 |
Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction
In partnership with
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Society of Canada (ALS Canada)... |
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Date Posted: Thursday, September 01, 2005 |
The first international research workshop to address frontotemporal dementia in ALS will be held from May 15 - 17, 2005 at the Best Western Lamplighter Inn in London, Ontario. More than 80 90 researc... |
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Date Posted: Monday, April 18, 2005 |
There comes a chilling moment, staring as we are at a microscopic cross section of a human spinal cord, when Janice Robertson steps away from her telescope and offers a layperson an up-close image of ... |
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Date Posted: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 |
Dr. Michael Strong, a neurologist and researcher at Western, the Robarts Research Institute and Lawson Health Research Institute, is being honoured by the American Academy of Neurology for his outstan... |
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Date Posted: Thursday, March 24, 2005 |
VANCOUVER - As of today, Vancouver's G.F. Strong Rehabilitation Hospital will be home to Canada's largest clinic for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- Lou Gehrig's disease -- and it wi... |
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Date Posted: Friday, February 04, 2005 |
[QUICK SUMMARY: In the first report showing that human embryonic stem cells can be made to form motor neurons in the lab, investigators find a precise sequence of molecular signals that guide cells in... |
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Date Posted: Friday, February 04, 2005 |
[QUICK SUMMARY: The risk for ALS in men is increased by 50 percent by military service according to one study; another study fails to find that physical activity increases ALS incidence in the general... |
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Date Posted: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 |
A consortium of researchers has found that Ceftriaxone, a drug that alters glutamate, has been found to prolong survival in animal models of ALS.... |
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Date Posted: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 |
The ALS Society of Canada, Muscular Dystrophy Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research are pleased to announce the Neuromuscular Research Partnership Competition for a sixth year.... |
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Date Posted: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 |
Many in the ALS community are looking for more information about the stem cell treatments being provided in China . At this time, there is not sufficient information about Dr. Huang Hangyun’s work in ... |
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Date Posted: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 |
Toronto, October 12, 2004: The ALS Society is hosting its first research forum October 15 & 16, 2004 at the Bank of Montreal Institute for Learning, 3550 Pharmacy Ave. in Scarborough.
The purpos... |
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Date Posted: Thursday, October 07, 2004 |
The Chris Hobler/James Maritz Foundation has committed $1 million (US funds) to partner with Washington University to establish the Hope Center for Neurological Disorders. The center is expected to ac... |
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Date Posted: Friday, June 25, 2004 |
A Canadian medical student has been honoured with the prestigious G. Milton Shy Award for his medical essay about people living with ALS. ... |
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Date Posted: Thursday, June 24, 2004 |
This information is forwarded from the CIHR. The ALS Society is a potential partner in this project and we encourage all ALS researchers to take a close look at this RFA.... |
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Date Posted: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 |
The ALS Therapy Development Foundation has announced testing of an HIV/AIDS medication called Nelfinavir. Nelfinavir is one of eight different compounds in line for testing in the ALS/TDF labs in Bos... |
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