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Milestone in Advanced Light Source Upgrade Project Will Bring in a New Ring

January 8, 2020 sarah JonasFeature

An upgrade of the Advanced Light Source, a synchrotron at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), has passed an important milestone that will help to maintain the ALS’ world-leading capabilities. On Dec. 23 the DOE granted approval for a key funding step that will allow the project to start construction on a new inner electron storage ring known as an accumulator ring.

Injection of Virus-Delivered Gene Silencer Blocks ALS Degeneration, Saves Motor Function

December 23, 2019 sarah JonasResearch Results

Novel spinal therapy/delivery approach prevented disease onset in neurodegenerative ALS disease model in adult mice and blocked progression in animals already showing disease symptoms.

Scientists at Wake Forest School of Medicine Identify Genetic Variation Linked to Severity of ALS

October 16, 2019 sarah JonasResearch Results

A discovery made several years ago in a lab researching asthma at Wake Forest School of Medicine may now have implications for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a disease with no known cure and only two FDA-approved drugs to treat its progression and severity.