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ALS ice bucket challenge water pouring people green grass

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Ice Bucket Challenge donations have helped fund promising ALS clinical trials, especially for "fast progressors"

There are currently only four drugs approved to help treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

Monica Javidnia
man dumping bucket of ice and water on his head

 Anthony Quintano on Wikimedia Commons

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Testing drugs on stem cells in petri dishes may revolutionize our understanding of difficult-to-study diseases

Remember the Ice Bucket Challenge? This is even more exciting for ALS patients.

Carina Seah
A microscopic image of neurons.

Image by MethoxyRoxy, reproduced under CC BY-SA 2.5

Neurons die with grace

Neuroscientist Emily Lowry’s ongoing research on how and why nerve cells die has implications for Alzheimer’s, ALS and beyond.

Massive Staff