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Article: The ALS Association Accelerates Search for Lou Gehrig's Disease Genes; Unprecedented Research Effort Mirrors The ALS Association's Aggressive Search for a Cure.
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- July 16, 2002
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CALABASAS HILLS, Calif. -- The ALS Association (ALSA), the only national not-for-profit organization dedicated solely to the fight against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), today announced it has launched a major research project that would significantly reduce the time taken to identify the genes that cause ALS, more commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease. ALS is a fatal disease that attacks the motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord and has no known cure. The $1.5 million project is a collaboration among world-renown geneticists and scientists. This study represents the largest research grant ever given by The ALS Association for a single project and is ...