Michigan native and U.S. veteran Melissa Siebert was diagnosed with ALS in early February. One item on her bucket list is to raise awareness about ALS and the fact that veterans have two times the prevalence of the disease. Dr. … [Read more...]
The ANA Q&A: ALS with Dr. Eva Feldman
In honor of ALS Awareness Month, the American Neurological Association sat down with Dr. Eva Feldman, a past president of theirs, for a Q&A. The full Q&A taken from the American Neurological Association(link is … [Read more...]
New Drug Combination May Slow Symptom Course Early on in ALS
Positive clinical trial points to a possible additional option for patients with ALS. Dr. Stephen Goutman explains the excitement and the caution. from the M Health Lab Blog by Haley Otman A new drug combination could help … [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...]
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...]
Dr. Eva Feldman Recaps Hoops Fight ALS on WTKA The Ticket
Dr. Eva Feldman went on the air with Ira Weintraub to recap Hoops Fight Against ALS that took place August 2 and 3. Former members of the basketball family came together to support a very exciting new therapeutic target … [Read more...]
Veterans, Pollution and How They Relate to ALS
On Saturday, August 10, Dr. Eva Feldman sat down with Detroit Public Television’s Colleen O’Donnell on Facebook Live to talk about military veterans, environmental toxins, ALS, and how they are all related, ahead of the Monday … [Read more...]