ALS/MND RESEARCH

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"If ambition doesn't hurt you, you haven't got it." Kathleen Norris

Penn study offers hope for ALS patients

"I have come to understand that every day we make decisions born out of our thoughts and these decisions give direction to our life." Mathias A. James

Largest Genetic Study Confirms Importance Of Chromosome 9 In MND

"The drops of sweat, on the forehead of the present, are the pearls of tomorrow." Nidhi Agarwal

Critical mechanistic link between mutant protein and disease pathogenesis in ALS uncovered

"I do not fear failure. I fear knowing that I did not do all that I am capable of." Robert Moore

TDP-43 Proteinopathy and Motor Neuron Disease

“Convinced myself, I seek not to convince.” Edgar Allan Poe

South Side-based Knopp lands $345M deal for Lou Gehrig’s disease drug

“It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated.” Alec Bourne

A clinical study of Ceftriaxone in ALS

"I do not fear failure. I fear knowing that I did not do all that I am capable of." Robert Moore

Seeking Individuals for Participation in ALS Gene Study

"It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed." Kin Hubbard

I have recently summarized my three decades of research at the University of North Carolina on normal, injured and diseased spinal motor neurons at the following website:

Lee McIlwain

dlmc@med.unc.edu

"Strong lives are motivated by dynamic purposes." Kenneth Hildebrand

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