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Tag Archives: lou gehrig’s disease
ALS Awareness Month: 10 Things You Should Know About ALS
By Steve Perrin, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer and CSO, ALS Therapy Development Institute May is a month full of many exciting and celebratory days: college graduations, Mother’s day and Memorial Day. It is a month typified by excitement, renewal, anticipation and remembrance. It is also the month in the United States where we recognize all those living with ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. If you don’t know someone already living with this currently Read More >
Stopping ALS: An interview with Dr. Perrin from ALS TDI
What is ALS? How widespread is the disease? Are there any treatments for ALS? Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease and outside the US as Motor Neuron Disease (MND) or Charcot’s Disease, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that attacks motor neurons in the brain (upper motor neurons) and spinal cord (lower motor neurons) and affects muscle function. Dr. Steven Perrin is the CEO, CSO and Vice Chairman of the ALS Therapy Read More >
