Eight-year-old Little League slugger goes to bat against ALS Aug 9, 2008
Scott's home office also has a display case with fantastic, kooky collectible wind up toys, scorpions in resin and treasures from trips around the world ... Today, the illness is more familiarly known as Lou Gehrig's or ALS. It is a rapidly progressive, invariably fatal neurological disease that attacks the nerve cells (neurons) responsible for controlling voluntary muscles ... Inevitably Dillon asked his grandmother about the cure for ALS. She handled it with aplomb. (Los Angeles Daily News)
Scientists Create Stem Cells For Diseases Aug 8, 2008
Just last week, another Harvard team of scientists said they reprogrammed skin cells from two elderly patients with ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, and grew them into nerve cells ... Census Data Reveals Jump In Minority Populations, Particularly Hispanics, And Not Just In Big Cities. (CBS News)
After sister's death, family realizes breadth of her world Aug 8, 2008
Her piercing blue eyes seemed to peer into one's soul as she lay dying this week of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ALS, often referred to as ``Lou Gehrig's disease ... As a volunteer, Rosy put the salt and pepper into food containers for Meals on Wheels ... Rosy had defied for so long doctors' expectations that she would die young that it came as a shock when she was diagnosed with ALS in April. (Albany Times Union)
Catalogue of diseased stem cells unveiled Aug 8, 2008
The new cells come from patients with 10 incurable genetic diseases and conditions, including Parkinson's, the paralyzing disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), juvenile diabetes and Down's syndrome ... "This is just the first wave of diseases," said Dr. George Daley, who is also a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. (Globe and Mail)
Amorfix announces fiscal 2009 first quarter results Aug 7, 2008
The decrease was due mainly to lower vCJD program external commercialization expenses compared to the three months ended June 30, 2007, partially offset by salary costs for personnel hired during fiscal 2008 to develop the sheep scrapie assay, to support commercialization of the EP-vCJDTM test, and to carry out the ALS research program in conjunction with Biogen ... About Amorfix Amorfix Life Sciences Ltd. (TSX:AMF) is a theranostics company developing therapeutic products and diagnostic devices... (Canada Newswire)
Socializing with Youth Improves the Elderly's Health, Life Span Aug 7, 2008
Wu and graduate student Hongyu Ruan found that the presence of youthful, active fruit flies doubled the life span of a group of flies with a mutation in Sod1, a gene that has been linked in humans to Alzheimer s disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a motor-neuron disorder also known as Lou Gehrig s disease ... The mutant flies also became more physically fit, according to heat- tests and other measures, when housed with the younger helpers. (Scientific American)
Georgias Team: Grandmothers hard-fought battle with ALS inspires familys fundraising push Aug 7, 2008
Georgias Team: Grandmothers hard-fought battle with ALS inspires familys fundraising push - Winchester, MA - The Winchester Star ... Georgias Team: Grandmothers hard-fought battle with ALS inspires familys fundraising push ... On Sunday, more than 100 different teams will participate in the Falmouth Road Race to raise money for Compassionate Care ALS, a nonprofit organization that provides direct services for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) patients, their families, and... (Winchester Star, MA, MA)
Obituaries for Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008 Aug 6, 2008
An active member of Church of the Crucifixion in La Crescent, Jim also served as the school nurse for six years after his retirement ... Memorials may be directed to the Golden Living Center in La Crescent ... Ronald C. Schumacher, 52, of Beaver Dam went to his heavenly home after a long battle with ALS on Monday, Aug. 4, 2008, at University Hospital in Madison surrounded by his family. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Editorial -- Helping Hands Aug 6, 2008
One of those partners is Compassionate Care ALS, an organization dedicated to providing support, both physical and psychological, for people suffer from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, a disease that attacks both upper and lower motor neurons and causes degeneration throughout the brain and spinal cord. (You may also know it as Lou Gehrig s Disease. (Marshfield Mariner, MA)
Police nab alleged MBTA thief Aug 5, 2008
Lou Gehrig s disease, or ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), is a neurodegenerative disease that usually attacks both upper and lower motor neurons and causes degeneration throughout the brain and spinal cord, resulting in muscle weakness and atrophy, according to the ALS Association. Lou Gehrig first brought national and international attention to the disease in 1939 when he abruptly retired from baseball after being diagnosed with ALS. Most commonly, the disease strikes people between the... (Malden Observer, MA)
Longview fire officials calling for additional equipment Aug 4, 2008
Longview Fire Department officials say they'll likely need to ask voters for tax increases if they're going to be able to provide adequate fire and emergency medical services in the years ahead ... Also, Headley said, it's not fair to Cowlitz 2's taxpayers to subsidize Longview's fire service so heavily ... Also, both agencies' fire response times are slower than accepted state standards. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Tulsa Firefighters Respond Faster Aug 4, 2008
The problem is when our ALS engine is out on a call the squad is what we're calling it is also going to be an Advanced Life Support which will be able to pick up the slack when that apparatus is gone," says firefighter paramedic Jon Morton.By picking up the slack the fire engine and ladder trucks can be used just to fight fires and the squads can be used to fight medical emergencies. "Through traffic through apartment complexes and just regular driving it's just going to be safer for... (FOX23.com, OK)
Data mining detects signs of Lou Gehrig's disease in gene carriers long before symptoms appear Aug 4, 2008
The authors demonstrated their original software on mutant rats used as an animal model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a progressive and fatal neurodegenerative disease that's inherited about one in 10 times ... The disease, which attacks the nerve cells that control movement, is identified with Yankee slugger Lou Gehrig, who died of ALS in 1941, two years after diagnosis ... After videotaping the movement of two groups of rats one type with the mutation that results in an ALS-type... (EurekAlert!)
Scientists Reach Stem Cell Milestone Aug 3, 2008
After nearly a decade of setbacks and false starts, stem-cell science finally seems to be hitting its stride ... Led by Kevin Eggan at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute and Christopher Henderson at Columbia University, the 13-person team reported online today in Science Express that they had generated motor neurons from the skin cells of two elderly patients with a rare form of ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, a progressive neurodegenerative condition ... The new study marks an important first step... (Time.com)
Nerve cells from new-style stem cells Aug 2, 2008
They transformed the cells from two patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease, into motor neurons - the cells that waste away and die in ALS. There is no immediate medical use for the cells, taken from two sisters aged 82 and 89, the researchers reported in the journal Science. "Now we can make limitless supplies of the cells that die in this awful disease. This will allow us to study these neurons, and ALS, in a lab dish, and figure out what's happening in the disease... (India Times, India)
Oil drilling off Georgia coast? Aug 2, 2008
It also would promote conservation and help pay for the transition to alternative fuels and more efficient technologies ... It also would open more of the Gulf of Mexico to drilling and encourage the expansion of nuclear power and other types of energy ... Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), a group member who chairs the Senate Budget Committee, said the $84 billion cost of the proposals would be offset by cutting oil and gas companies' current tax breaks. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
U.S. scientists create neurons from skin cells of e00004000lderly ALS patients Aug 2, 2008
U.S. scientists create neurons from skin cells of elderly ALS patients _English_Xinhua. U.S. scientists create neurons from skin cells of elderly ALS patients ... WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- A team of U.S. scientists have for the first time used a new technique to transform an ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) patient's skin cells into motor neurons, a process that may be used in the future to create tailor-made cells to treat the debilitating disease. (Xinhuanet, China)
ALS patients' skin cells converted to motor neurons Aug 2, 2008
is if you could produce the cell types that become sick in that person, you might be able to use them in the laboratory to come to understand basic aspects of the disease and take the study of disease out of patients, where it's very difficult, and put it into the Petri dish," added Eggan, who is a principal faculty member at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute and spoke about the research at a teleconference Wednesday. However, the actual therapeutic potential of this approach is still years away.... (Xinhuanet, China)
Editor's Notes: Running for those who cant walk Aug 2, 2008
One of those partners is Compassionate Care ALS, an organization dedicated to providing support, both physical and psychological, for people suffer from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a disease that attacks both upper and lower motor neurons and causes degeneration throughout the brain and spinal cord ... Fifty-one runners have entered the Falmouth road race on behalf of CCALS, among them Patti Barros and Robert D Ambrosio ... You see, Patti and Bob are running on behalf of Team Ceil, named... (Pembroke Mariner, MA)
WA research comes together Aug 1, 2008
New women's and children's hospitals will also be built in the precinct ... A $40 million neurosciences research facility, part-funded by a donation of $20 million by WA businessman Ralph Sarich, inventor of the orbital engine, will also be built between 2009 and 2011 ... ALS is available free of charge to qualified persons working in the life sciences - register now for your free subscription. (Australian Life Scientist)
Scientists report a breakthrough in stem cell production Aug 1, 2008
Created cells that match those in ALS patient ... The work was done with patients suffering from ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, but the researchers said the same technique can be used to study many other genetic diseases ... They had planned to create genetically matched stem cells through cloning patients' cells, a process that not only involves some medical risk to women who serve as egg donors, but also requires the destruction of embryos, which some consider the equivalent of murder. (Boston Globe)
Scientists Turn Skin Cells Into Motor Neurons in ALS Patients Aug 1, 2008
Lou Gehrig's disease or ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) is caused by the degeneration and death of spinal motor neurons, which carry messages from the spinal cord to the body's muscles ... "We don't at all fully understand [ALS], and it is our lack of understanding of that disease process which we believe is preventing us from developing more effective [treatments]," said Christopher Henderson, a co-author on the paper and co-director of the Center for Motor Neuron Biology and Disease at... (U.S. News & World Report)
Stem Cell Technology: First Neurons Created From ALS Patient's Skin Cells Aug 1, 2008
1, 2008) Harvard and Columbia scientists have for the first time used a new technique to transform an ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease) patient's skin cells into motor neurons, a process that may be used in the future to create tailor-made cells to treat the debilitating disease ... Though cell replacement therapies are probably still years away, the new cells will solve a problem that has hindered ALS research for years: the inability to study a patient's motor... (Science Daily)
Event to raise money for brewer suffering from Lou Gehrigs disease Aug 1, 2008
Well, on Aug. 14, it may also be your way to help someone in need ... ALS, often referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects the body s motor neurons and results in the inability to initiate and control muscle movement ... The event Raise a Glass to Darryl Goss was created to celebrate Darryl's passions while we raise awareness of ALS and funds for Darryl s considerable medical needs and care. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
Scientists create first personalized stem cells in ALS patients Aug 1, 2008
The new cells were derived from 3-millimeter patches of skin removed from the arm of an 82-year-old woman and her 89-year-old sister, who share a rare genetic mutation that causes about 2% of ALS cases. The scientists from Harvard University and Columbia University focused on the rare form of ALS in part to test whether cells from elderly patients could be reprogrammed, said biologist Kevin Eggan of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute ... The scientists produced eight stable cell lines, and they... (Los Angeles Times)
Protein Plays Jekyll And Hyde Role In Lou Gehrig's Disease Jul 31, 2008
ScienceDaily (July 30, 2008) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a fatal neurodegenerative disease caused by the death of motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord that control muscle movements from walking and swallowing to breathing ... Brandeis and Harvard Medical School scientists have recently reported key findings about the cause and occurrence of the familial form of ALS. ... For the past three years, Brandeis chemist Jeff Agar and his... (Science Daily)
Shonda Schilling bags groceries at Shaws Jul 30, 2008
Shonda Schilling bags groceries for Shaw's customer Susan Rosenberg, of Brookline, while Assistant Customer Service Manager Charlene Peters cashiers, as part of a campaign to raise money for Curt's Pitch for ALS. ... Instead, Schilling was helping the supermarket raise money for Curt s Pitch for ALS, to help fight Lou Gehrig s disease ... We don t have anyone in the family who s been stricken with ALS, Schilling said. (Newton Tab, MA)
Joanna Rotberg, at 73; fought ALS while focusing on teaching Jul 29, 2008
She was forced into retirement in 1999, when she began to lose her speaking ability to ALS. It was then that she began her career as a memoirist. During her ALS treatment, she befriended Dr. Robert Brown, a specialist on the disease at Massachusetts General Hospital ... Early in her final year, Mrs. Rotberg decided she would donate her body to Brown to help further ALS research, her husband said. (Boston Globe)
Phillies hold Phestival against ALS Jul 29, 2008
Colby was one of about 6,000 Phillies fans who streamed through the ballpark on Monday night for the annual Phillies Phestival, an autograph party and auction created in the 1980s to strike out ALS, or "Lou Gehrig's disease." The event, now in its 19th year, raised a record-setting $758,540 ... The Phillies adopted ALS as their primary charity in 1984 ... Each year thereafter, they have worked with the Greater Philadelphia Chapter of the ALS Association to hold events that raise money and... (MLB.com -- Philadelphia Phillies)
Dion remains coy about fall election call Jul 29, 2008
After triggering speculation this past week that the Liberals may be ready for a fall election, party leader Stephane Dion remains coy about when or if his party would try to topple the Conservative government ... Dion also defended his Green Shift carbon tax plan, which he said will resonate with voters who will head to the polls in three byelections slated for the fall ... The Liberals have said their plan is "revenue neutral" and offsets new taxes with tax cuts, including measures to help... (CTV.ca)
Teck Cominco to Acquire Fording Canadian Coal Trust Assets Jul 29, 2008
Closing of the transaction will be subject to customary conditions including, among others, the availability of the financing arranged by Teck, receipt of all necessary regulatory approvals, absence of material adverse changes, as well as approval of the transaction by 66 ... The parties expect the transaction to receive regulatory approvals in the ordinary course ... These statements are based on a number of assumptions, including, among others, assumptions regarding general business and... (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Northern Freegold Intersects 1.23 Metres of 92.74 g/t Gold Within 46.96 Metres of 9.6 g/t Gold in Nucleus Zone at Freegold Mountain, Yukon Jul 29, 2008
Susan Craig, President, commented, "The company is very pleased that step out drill holes have returned long intervals of over 10 g/t gold and intervals over 100 g/t gold within the newly discovered sulphide rich mineralization along the east side of the Nucleus zone. We are very interested in receiving results from additional drill holes recently completed adjacent to this trend." ... 02 (i) (i) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mineralized intervals... (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Scientists ID 'Jekyll-Hyde' Protein in Lou Gehrig's Disease Jul 29, 2008
TUESDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- A protein dysfunction could help drive amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, according to a study by researchers at Brandeis University and Harvard Medical School. ALS is a fatal neurodegenerative disease caused by the death of motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord that control muscle movement ... In this study, researchers focused on the rare, familial form of ALS (fALS) as a way of better understanding the sporadic... (Health-Finder)
Geographical Pattern Eyed in 1991 Gulf War Cases of ALS Jul 29, 2008
FRIDAY, July 25 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers are looking into possible geographical reasons why 1991 Gulf War veterans have developed the fatal neurological disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at twice the rate of the general population. Of the 135 diagnosed Gulf Vet cases of ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, in the first 11 years after the war, only three had a family history of the disease ... ALS causes cellular degeneration in the central nervous system. (MEDLINEplus)
UCI proposes $125,000 to cover UCO fire, EMS Jul 28, 2008
officials have proposed a contract to provide fire and emergency services for the village of Union City, Ohio at a cost of 125,000 a year ... UCO council members Bill Bruggeman and Tony Maloy have been meeting with UCI officials for several months about consolidating fire and EMS services in Union City ... in June, two cases, also involving ALS transport. (Winchester News-Gazette, IN)
Billy Lake League features tight-knit group Jul 28, 2008
Kevin Lake has been one of the persons responsible for the ALS Basketball Marathon at Monignor Bonner each summer that has raised large sums to help fight the disease that took his brother's life ... o Wherever he goes, Rob Knox finds a way not only to report on the news but also occasionally to make some news ... Cadge also dropped a line about his daughter, Amy, who was an All-Delco field hockey player at Springfield High (Class of 1997) and played at The College of William Amy has been... (The Delaware County Times, PA)
Various Species' Genes Evolve To Minimize Protein Production Errors Jul 26, 2008
Their study also suggests that the cost of errors in protein production may lie in the malformed proteins themselves, rather than the loss of functional proteins ... While evolutionary studies are often retrospective, Drummond and Wilke also developed a molecular-level evolutionary simulation, allowing them to track the evolution of genomes encoding many simple proteins over millions of generations ... Drummond and Wilke suggest that mistranslation may contribute to long-studied forms of ALS and... (Science Daily)
Nita L. Smith Jul 26, 2008
A longtime member of the First Presbyterian Church, she was also an elder, a trustee and a member of the women s association ... A doting grandmother to Erin, Drew, Palmer and Bennett, she was also a wonderful mother-in-law to Bob and Fran ... When her mother was ill with ALS, Nita was primarily responsible for her care. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Keep it on, HIV+ people warned Jul 25, 2008
They also note that the transmission risk in male homosexual partnerships, over a prolonged period of repeated exposures, is much higher. "While it is true that the individual risk of HIV transmission per act is fairly small for people on retrovirals, the risk of transmission over large numbers of acts could be substantial," Wilson said ... Dr Jonathan Anderson, president of the Australasian Society for HIV Medicine, who is also based at the NCHECR, said that while the viral load goes down in... (Australian Life Scientist)
Phillies Phestival set for Monday Jul 25, 2008
PHILADELPHIA -- On Monday, Philadelphia baseball fans will stream through Citizens Bank Park to meet Phillies players, broadcasters, coaches and the Phanatic as part of the team's annual Phillies Phestival, created to strike out ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease. But perhaps one of the more meaningful events of the evening takes place before the fans arrive, when patients coping with ALS get to meet their favorite ballplayers ... "It's so uplifting for the patients," said Ellyn Phillips, president of... (MLB.com -- Philadelphia Phillies)
This isn't funny-like-a-clown funny Jul 25, 2008
Some of us will also be familiar with Merkyl s Boner ... Whenever a guy makes comments like that, it is interesting to pay attention to him; but, it s also interesting to note who the comments are coming from ... (Strangely reminiscent of last season s game on 9/6 against the Mets, when the Braves loaded the bases with no one out in the 6th, and also failed to score - an inning that basically defined our entire season). (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
In our view: Government responsible for disease research Jul 24, 2008
Advocates say it would create a vital database of information about people who have the disease, also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. ... Legislation that establishes a national ALS registry was passed overwhelmingly in the U.S. House last year, by a vote of 411 to 3 ... A national ALS registry is a legislative priority of the Les Turner ALS Foundation, the ALS Association, and other organizations dedicated to finding a cure for this disease. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
A Few More Reasons To Oppose Obama Jul 24, 2008
But I suppose the oil-for-food scandal and Husseins bribing France, Germany, Russia and certain mucky mucks at the U.N. with sweetheart oil deals somehow slipped his mind, just as Jeremiah Wrights racist screeds did ... Its bad enough that George Bush is convinced that billions of American tax dollars -- money that could better be spent trying to cure Parkinsons, Alzheimers and ALS -- should be squandered dealing with AIDS in Africa, but Obama has already endorsed the... (Townhall.com)
Geologix Explorations Inc.: San Agustin Step Out Drilling Intersects Significant Mineralization to a Depth of 417 metres Jul 24, 2008
31 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- (i) Gold Equiv is based on contained metal and estimated using commodity prices based on a four year rolling average for all metals ($USD) and recoveries of: Gold - $559 ... 31 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- (i) Gold Equiv is based on contained metal and estimated using commodity prices based on a four year rolling average for all metals ($USD) and recoveries of: Gold - $559... (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
UPDATE: Flooding Concerns Mount In Dolly's Aftermath Jul 24, 2008
Parts of Mexico are also watching for flooding ... Despite all the rain, local officials said levees were holding, and they're no longer worried about massive flooding ... Officials cut electricity to Matamoros, fearing downed power lines could electrocute people. (KWTX.com, TX)
Is It Time to Give Up on Therapeutic Cloning? A Q&A with Ian Wilmut Jul 22, 2008
You are now director of the Scottish Center for Regenerative Medicine in Edinburgh, where you oversee 20 principal investigators, including a team that hopes to use iPS cells to observe amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in progress and develop treatments ... Why did you choose ALS as a target ... The idea that things which we collectively do might contribute to treatments for ALS, for example, I find really exciting. (Scientific American)
Dolly's Creator Moves Away from Cloning and Embryonic Stem Cells Jul 22, 2008
to conduct trials on patients who have acute spinal cord injury ... Yamanaka s approach also enables scientists to leap over nuclear transfer s egg supply problems and sidestep qualms about destroying human embryos ... With 20 principal investigators demanding his attention, Wilmut s research on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) had slowed to a crawl. (Scientific American)
Belmont to add Advanced Life Support services? Jul 22, 2008
Last spring, Fire Chief David Frizzell gave the Board of Selectmen an insourcing proposal for Advanced Life Support Services (ALS) ... The ALS Working Group is now seeking input from Belmont residents who have first hand experience with the current 911 medical service ... Comments from family members of 911 patients are also welcome. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
Researchers probe geographical ties to ALS cases among 1991 Gulf War veterans Jul 22, 2008
DURHAM, N.C. -- Researchers from Duke University, the University of Cincinnati (UC) and the Durham Veterans Administration Medical Center are hoping to find a geographical pattern to help explain why 1991 Gulf War veterans contracted the fatal neurological disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at twice the normal rate during the decade after the conflict ... Also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease because it crippled and ultimately killed that baseball great in 1941, ALS causes cellular... (EurekAlert!)
Patient seeks ALS database Jul 21, 2008
They don't say out loud what will happen, but as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis also known as Lou Gehrig's disease continues its deadly progression, Schmehl could die within two to five years ... Even as the nerve signals to his fingers are fading, he hunts and pecks keystrokes to type e-mail letters seeking U.S. Senate support for the ALS Registry Act ... The ALS registry legislation passed the U.S. House by a vote of 411-3 in October at a proposed cost of 75 million through 2012. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
Alzheimer's Early Detection: Biomarkers Identify Early Onset Of Disease, Before Symptoms Appear Jul 20, 2008
"Since we knew that 50 percent of first-degree relatives will inherit the same rare mutations, we were able to study the biochemical changes occurring in the cerebrospinal fluid and blood as long as 30 years before the subjects were likely to develop the disease themselves," said Ringman, who is the assistant director of the Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer's Disease Research at UCLA. "This allowed us to identify markers that might be used to diagnose the disease prior to the development of... (Science Daily)
Video: Allen Institute for Brain Science Unveils World's First Genome-Wide Spinal Cord Atlas Jul 18, 2008
From disabled veterans to those afflicted with Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS) or Spinal Muscular Atrophy, spinal cord related diseases and disorders affect people of all ages. Nearly one-quarter of a million Americans -- including several thousand troops in Iraq -- have suffered or suffer from a spinal cord injury; as many as 30,000 Americans suffer from ALS at any given time; and multiple sclerosis affects 2 ... The Institute's unique funding model, designed to transform public, private and... (PR Newswire)
Gene map charts spinal cord mysteries Jul 18, 2008
Mice and humans share 90 percent of their genetic code, so the atlas will serve as a model for studying the mechanisms behind degenerative diseases such as multiple sclerosis and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, Jones said ... 5 million people worldwide, and an estimated 30,000 Americans have ALS. ... Jones said the atlas could also point to new gene-based methods for promoting regeneration of injured spinal cords. (MSNBC -- Health)
New Tool May Lead To Breakthroughs In Spinal Treatment Jul 18, 2008
The $2 million project, sponsored by a conglomerate of groups such as ALS Association, National MS Society and others, was implemented to see what the genes in a normal spine look like, how they interact, what would allow scientists to fix abnormal ones, and, ultimately, how they will affect patients ... If youre thinking about upgrading your home you should also consider upgrading your insurance. (NBC4.tv, CA)
Marple ambulance corps ceasing Newtown service Jul 16, 2008
MTAC's 90-day notice to stop service came as a surprise to some Newtown officials. The township had contracted with MTAC in April 2007 to provide both basic and advanced-life-support ambulance service to Newtown, ending four decades of basic ambulance service from Newtown Square Fire Co. The MTAC contract arose out of the urgent need to replace Riddle Memorial Hospital as Newtown's ALS provider, after Riddle's ambulance corps had given notice to terminate service on May 11 ... Now the township... (The Delaware County Times, PA)
Schilling fights ALS with campaign Jul 16, 2008
"I know the families and the patients of ALS are incredibly grateful," Curt Schilling said of the "Pitch'n to Win" campaign ... Curt and Shonda Schilling were at the Shaw's Supermarket, Fenway location on Tuesday raising awareness for Curt's Pitch for ALS, the Schillings' organization aimed at raising money for the fight against Lou Gerhig's Disease ... 38 for an out -- with the money going directly to research and treatment for ALS.. (MLB.com -- Boston Red Sox)
Medical librarian an ALS advocate (47) Jul 15, 2008
Medical librarian an ALS advocate By THERESA HOGUEGazette-Times reporter ... Medical librarians do very specific research for doctors and nurses in clinics and hospitals, helping them to find journal articles and papers on everything from the latest surgical techniques to new diseases ... She realized that some of them sounded like the degenerative neurological disease ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), also known as Lou Gehrig s disease, but she took comfort in the fact that she wasn t... (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
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Groups ranging from the American Civil Liberties Union to The Heritage Foundation have been working to restore the idea that the attorney-client privilege is an important tradition in American jurisprudence -- one necessary to insure that all investigations and trials are fair ... Liberals are also promoting contradictory legislation to lower the price of gas ... These liberals are the same ones clamoring over the devastating impact of high energy prices on the average American family. (Human Events Online)
Hamsters help develop BSE blood test Jul 15, 2008
But after 20 days misfolded prions were discovered in blood samples from half the infected animals, even though none of them were showing symptoms. And when the infected animals started displaying symptoms, 80 per cent of them were found to have the rogue prions in their blood ... The scientists behind the research hope it may lead to an early-warning test for BSE and vCJD, and prevent the spread of the disease from people and anim 00004000 als who show no symptoms. (Yahoo News -- Mad Cow Disease)
Researchers link Huntington's disease to overactive immune response in the brain Jul 15, 2008
The UW team, lead by Dr. Thomas Moeller, research associate professor of neurology, had previously studied the role of inflammation and immune response in neurodegenerative diseases like Huntington's and ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease ... The immune response in the blood may also help researchers use immune-system molecules as biological markers for the disease, which can be difficult to diagnose in early stages. (EurekAlert!)
Six Cheers: Batting cleanup Jul 14, 2008
Duval County residents are very fortunate, having not just balmy winters but also miles of beautiful beaches to enjoy ... Volunteers also found lawn chairs, diapers and "lots of cigarette butts." It's a shame that some people would junk up the beaches ... Also, a separate group gathered 18 bags of trash at Huguenot Memorial Park on the same day. (Florida Times-Union)
Keeping score around New England Jul 13, 2008
Also taking part in the three-day tournament were Mary Chamberlain of South Dennis (243), Meredith Kotowski of Marion (249), Catherine Shomo of Rutland, Vt ... Alison Walshe of Westford will try to defend her title when the 106th Women's North & South Amateur gets underway Monday in Pinehurst, N.C. The prestigious field will also include a number of New Englanders: Joy-Connelly, Connolly, Chamberlain, Chelsea Curtis of Mashpee, Kim Donovan of Hopkinton, and Molly Aronsson of Shelburne, Vt ...... (Boston Globe)
Keep an eye on these Kids Jul 13, 2008
She also charged jewelry, clothing, and trips. "Ms. Holliday did get permission to use the credit card from Mr. Mayfield," said Mayfield's attorney, John Koenig Jr. "But she didn't pay him back for a long time." Mom-of-two Holliday, who didn't return the Post's calls, told court officials she took Mayfield on trips that she paid for and those expenses totaled about what she owed him ... PETA's beef with gallery The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals had some choice words for the Pierre... (Boston Globe)
Goodall never gave up fight with ALS Jul 13, 2008
But he also felt helpless, concerned he couldn't do anything for his son or his family, Ramsey said ... Lou Gehrig's disease, also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, slowly causes degeneration throughout the brain and spinal cord. (The St. Augustine Record)
Zilbersmith battles ALS with humor Jul 13, 2008
"I'd really much rather have been diagnosed with a basketball disease," continued Zilbersmith, known for her outrageous humor and moxie long before she got amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the fatal neuromuscular disease that killed the Yankees slugger whose name became synonymous with it ... I always tell horrible, offensive jokes," adds Zilbersmith, who recently returned from a trip to London with her friend Edith, one of a cadre of generous friends who've rallied around to help with daily... (San Francisco Chronicle)
