Article: Clue to Lou Gehrig's disease emerges. (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)

Transcript: Interview: Jonathan Weiner and Jeff Rothstein discuss ...
NPR Talk of the Nation Science Friday;  April 9, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... gene therapy. FLATOW: Jeff Rothstein, is that typical--first symptom of ALS that he suffered? Dr. ROTHSTEIN: Yes, it's not uncommon ... and talk lots more with Jeff Rothstein and Jonathan Weiner about ALS and the very interesting story ...

Article: ALS Therapies on Horizon // Cure Still Out of Reach
Chicago Sun-Times;  November 5, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... picture," says Dr. Jeffrey Rothstein, an ALS researcher at the Johns Hopkins ... about 30 scientists working on ALS - perhaps the nation's largest ... early 1990s, a group headed by Rothstein discovered that ALS patients have elevated levels ...

Article: Gene Therapy Prolongs Survival, Slows Disease Progression in ...
AScribe Medicine News Service;  August 7, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... ago. When data from the initial ALS studies proved promising, Project ... Kaspar together with Jeffrey D. Rothstein, an ALS researcher and clinician at Johns ... University. The teaming of Gage with Rothstein is a prime example of the Project ...

Article: Scientists look to promising weapons in ALS fight against ...
Daily Breeze;  November 29, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... cause of the vast majority of total ALS cases remains a mystery. Even so ... this gene will help them understand ALS in general. So far, success has ... dissuaded by failures," said Jeffrey Rothstein, an ALS researcher at Johns Hopkins University ...

Article: Scientists say long-studied illness may represent only 2 percent ...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA);  September 7, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The drugs in Rose's trial ... just a red herring. Jeffrey D. Rothstein, a prominent ALS researcher at Johns Hopkins University ... serves as a sobering reminder that ALS, like Alzheimer's and other ...

Article: Quest to Cure ALS Gets Personal; Neurologist Researching ...
The Washington Post;  February 13, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... horror for all of us working in ALS and who know Rick," said Jeffrey Rothstein, a Johns Hopkins University ALS researcher who spoke at a December ... significantly extended the lives of ALS- afflicted mice. Rothstein and others also hope to turn ...

Article: WITH GENE THERAPY IN MICE A SUCCESS, RESEARCHERS SEE HOPE FOR ...
The Boston Globe;  August 8, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... cord," said one researcher, Dr. Jeffrey Rothstein, director of the Packard Center for ALS Research at Johns Hopkins. Drugs and another ... therapy have shown some effect in mice with ALS, Rothstein said, but they have generally been administered ...