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Chancellor Michael F. Collins awarded former Gov. Paul Cellucci a Chancellor's Medal at a reception to benefit the UMass ALS Champion Fund on Wednesday, Nov....
UMASS MED NOW: http://www.umassmed.edu/news/2012/research/cellucci-receives-chancellors-medal.aspx 
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I got my start in photography back in elementary school. A teacher brought in his Minolta SR-101 with 2 rolls of black and white film. A friend and I drooled over this “state of the art” technology. Much to our surprise he handed the camera to us with instructions to shoot up the roll of film and bring it back. Later that week we met at his house and developed the film and began processing the prints. When that invisible image was revealed while in the pan I was hooked on photography. After completing a brief career in the US Navy and retiring from active duty in 1997 I worked the average jobs for 10 years until I was able to reconnect with my passion. In 2007 I was hired by a National Portrait Company and began exploring the world of photographing people. This was against the advice of my mother who always said “Don’t take your hobby and make a job of it”. Sorry mom, I am ignoring your advice.
While growing up I lived in a neighborhood on the east side of Portland, Oregon. Those 2 blocks had houses with families led by parents who were role models for all of us. The Lopez family was no exception. They lived across the street from me, Mike (Coach/Teacher at the high school that I wound up attending), Kathy and three children, Kristin, Mike Jr. and Susan. Kristin was my age and Mike was a few years younger but you would have never guessed. Whether he was digging a kicking tee with his heel or a double leg takedown in his living room he was a fierce competitor and a great playmate and friend. I lost touch with him when both our families moved away from that neighborhood. Until almost a year ago when I fully became aware that Mike Lopez Jr. had been stricken with Lou Gehrig’s disease. It was hard for me to imagine that this once invincible warrior was down hard with ALS that has left him virtually motionless could still maintain a positive attitude and a contagious smile. I had to be involved. We now both live in neighborhoods that are 1300 miles apart. Mike has a foundation that he started and still runs today. Team Cure ALS Foundation. I have committed 15% from the sale of my Photographs to his foundation in hopes that a cure can be found. To learn more about Mike Lopez and his foundation click on his logo. Thanks for visiting my gallery and please consoder making a purchase were a portion of the sale will be donated to TEAM Cure ALS Foundation, Hal
T.E.A.M.-Together Everyone Accomplishes More!
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24 Year Old Retired U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Kyle Francis stands outside his home in Clay in 2010. He was recovering from wounds he sustained while on duty in Afghanistan when doctors diagnosed him with ALS|Lou Gehrigs Disease. Friends are holding a benefit for him on Sunday.........
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Josh Duhamel is in negotiations to star opposite Emmy Rossum in the drama You’re Not You, The Hollywood Reporter has learned exclusively.
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A tiny one-celled organism may help scientists devise new treatments for Lou Gehrig’s disease, or ALS. The researchers, from Stanford and the Gladstone Institutes, reported their findings on Sunday in Nature Genetics. Co-senior author and Stanford geneticist Aaron Gitler, PhD, describes the work (subscription required) in our release:
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EDM artist David Anderson performs a live New Years Eve set with just his eyes. That's all he can move - He has ALS.
David Anderson is a Minneapolis based DJ known for his genre spanning music that aligns around the single purpose of getting a dance floor to move, and to move like it never has before. Having spun music for the greater part of 10 years - from Seattle to NYC to Burning Man, and lots of places in between - David has yet to formally record and release one of his live sets. This Kickstarter project will enable David to perform a New Year's set this December and record that set for production into a special release CD and DVD. Sounds simple right? Well...read on...........................
*Help Fund this KickStarter Project Today: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2112412404/1-blink-yes-an-eye-controlled-and-created-dj-set 1 Blink = Yes: An Eye Controlled and Created DJ Set
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Scott Sullivan defies Motor Neurone Disease two years after diagnosis l Raises $700,000 for Research
ITS been two years since Scott Sullivan's world as he knew it fell apart. Two years since he was told he was going to die.
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ODM-101, a new levodopa product currently developed by Orion for the treatment of Parkinson's disease, has successfully completed Phase II Proof of Concept trial.
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SINGAPORE - Researchers at the National University of Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine l Green tea may protect against Parkinson's disease.......
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How a coach with ALS inspired Trent Edwards. Unable to pursue a career in pro ball because of injuries, Wedemeyer became a math teacher at Los Gatos High School, where in 1976 he also became head football...
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After Momma Mary was diagnosed with ALS we had an enormous outreach of support which helped us form the Momma Mary Foundation.
*On October 23, 2012, we will be hosting our first annual Mommma Mary Foundation event!
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A new study shows that people who have had a head injury and have lived or worked near areas where the pesticide paraquat was used may be three times more likely to develop Parkinson's disease. The study is published in the Nov.
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Grassroots PDF Research Advocates Address Inequalities to Ensure More Effective Treatments for All People with...
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A protein in the blood may serve as a biomarker, providing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) researchers a way to track the progress of the disease and potentially to determine quickly whether a patient is responding to therapy. The study was.........
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Dr. Timothy Miller is director of the Christopher Wells Hobler Lab for ALS research.
“We can do go in a technique called antisense oligo nucleotides and take that small mistake in those RNA instructions and like a small eraser and go in an erase that mistake and fix it.” said Dr. Timothy Miller. Washington University made history this year by conducting the first ever human trials. The first phase focused on whether the drug called antisense oligo nucleotide was safe.
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Neuraltus Pharmaceuticals Inc. will take its experimental Lou Gehrig’s disease drug into Phase III next year, representing a big move for the small Palo Alto company and a big victory for patients who fought to enroll an important mid-stage...
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Cytokinetics, Incorporated (Nasdaq: CYTK) announced that the company has opened BENEFIT-ALS (Blinded Evaluation of Neuromusclar Effects and Functional Improvement with Tirasemtiv in ALS), formerly known as CY 4026, to enrollment. BENEFIT-ALS is a Phase IIb, multi-national, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, clinical trial designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability and potential efficacy of tirasemtiv (formerly CK-2017357) in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Tirasemtiv selectively activates the fast skeletal muscle troponin complex by increasing its sensitivity to calcium, which increases skeletal muscle force in response to neuronal input and delays the onset and reduces the degree of muscle fatigue. Tirasemtiv is......
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Washington, D.C. (October 28, 2012)—A study funded in part by The ALS Association has revealed a potential new target for therapy to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig’s Disease. This new study, published today in Nature Genetics, shows that lowering the level of a cellular enzyme reduces the disease-causing activity of a major ALS-related protein called TDP-43. Most people with ALS develop clumps of excess TDP-43 protein within their motor neurons......
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Cav1.3 also known as the calcium channel (credit: Emw/Wikimedia Commons) Northwestern University scientists have developed a new family of compounds that...
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In an effort to help researchers move promising therapies from the laboratory to...
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Emmy Rossum, one of the stars of Showtime’s Shameless, is in negotiations to star with Hilary Swank in the drama You’re Not You. The "Shameless" star will play a self-absorbed college student whose life is changed when she takes a job caring for a woman (Swank) with Lou Gehrig's disease.
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ALS Clinical Research Update October 2012 from NEALS
People with ALS and caregivers are important to the clinical research process. NEALS is committed to providing accurate, up-to-date information for all stakeholders in this process.
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Electrical stimulation using extradural electrodes—placed underneath the skull but not implanted in the brain—is a safe approach with meaningful benefits for patients with Parkinson's disease, reports the October issue of Neurosurgery, official...
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