When you, friends or family take the ALS Ice Bucket challenge, - TopicsExpress



          

When you, friends or family take the ALS Ice Bucket challenge, please think of donating to The Angel Fund as your charity. The Angel Fund is embarking on a fundraising campaign to raise ~$4,000,000 for ALS (Lou Gehrigs Disease) research. Dr. Brown and the UMass Gene Therapy Center team are working on exciting cutting-edge research using gene therapy to silence ALS genes. The funding will be used to turn off mutant genes that cause ALS. The initial gene to be targeted will be SOD1. The Angel Fund’s goal is to bring the research to human trials as quickly as possible This approach to silencing genes that cause nerve degeneration in the brain and spinal cord can potentially benefit other disorders, such as some forms of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s or Huntington’s disease. We will kick off the Step up to Cure ALS campaign at the Walk of Hope for ALS on September 6th.
Posted on: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 21:25:22 +0000

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