© Tambako the Jaguar.
Her wish for the climb: to keep the light of hope for a cure glimmering.
Christina La Ferrera a charismatic 24 year old will be heading to Africa on July 30 to attempt to climb Mt Kilimanjaro. Christina is not a climber in fact she doesn't even like camping, but loves a challenge. She wants to take on the fete to prove to her Mom, Yvonne, who has ALS, and others affected by the disease that anything is possible if you are determined and have HOPE +read more
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...not by brilliant individuals working in isolation, but by committed aggressive teams of researchers working together. It was the American way. It was our way. It was the only way we were going to win this thing.” +read more
—Jenifer Estess, Project A.L.S.™ co-founder
©2000 Jenifer Estess by Brigitte Lacombe
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The world’s first and only privately funded lab dedicated exclusively
to stem cells and ALS. +read more
Stem cells stored in nitrogen tanks at the Project A.L.S.™ Jenifer Estess Laboratory for Stem Cell Research.
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Human motor neurons and astrocytes (pictured here) derived from patient stem cells allow scientists in the Project A.L.S.™ lab to study ALS live and up-close. +read more
Human motor neurons and astrocytes (pictured here) derived from patient stem cells.
Photo courtesy of Gist Croft and Mackenzie Weygandt, Project A.L.S.™/Jenifer Estess Lab for Stem Cell Research.
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Modulating the Performance of Motor Neurons and Muscles
Major Implications for ALS
It is well established that motor neurons send signals directly to muscles to make them contract. In the December 10, '09 issue of the journal Neuron... +read more
Cover painting "Halo" by John Hoyland
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/08966273
May 18, 2010
On May 18, 2010 Northport High School students presented Project A.L.S. with...
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January 29, 2010
Leading researchers have united
for P2ALS, a 3-year mission to understand and treat the neurodegenerative disease…
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January 14, 2010
The author and historian's reflections on his personal experience with ALS.
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The mission of Project A.L.S.™ is to recruit the world’s best research scientists and clinicians to work together toward an understanding of and the first effective treatments for ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
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