Spotlight on ALS
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ALS, is a very rare but deadly motor-neuron disease that causes the nerves controlling the muscles to break down and die. The progression of the disease is often fairly rapid, but the world-famous physicist and matematician Stephen Hawkin survived for 55 years. Several of the articles on this page have previously been published in Swedish in our magazine Medical Science (Medicinsk Vetenskap).
Hope in sight with a dreaded disease
Hope in sight with a dreaded disease
In a short period of time, knowledge regarding the neuromuscular disease ALS has increased dramatically. Now, researchers and doctors have their hopes set on new treatments being developed, and for the first time there is now talk of being able to prevent the disease within the foreseeable future.
“It is possible to live with ALS”
“It is possible to live with ALS”
It is important to be active and to keep your spirits up, to help the body in its struggle against the disease. Mia Möllberg, who suffers from ALS, is a fighter.
“I am trying to create hope in a hopeless situation”
“I am trying to create hope in a hopeless situation”
In the summer of 2016, Sebastian Penner began to become very weak in the left hand and arm, at the same time as the muscles in the upper arm began to twitch continuously. He searched the internet and quickly found information on ALS.
"We want to transplant healthy immune cells to the ALS brain”
"We want to transplant healthy immune cells to the ALS brain”
Bob Harris is a professor of immunotherapy in neurological diseases at KI. He has a wild idea of how to stop ALS – empty the brain from immune cells and transplant new ones.
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Prestigious grant for research on ALS
Prestigious grant for research on ALS
KI researcher Fang Fang has been awarded the prestigious ERC Starting Grant for her research about the human gut microbiome and the development of the neurodegenerative disease ALS. In all, the European Research Council this year invests EUR 603 million in 403 talanted early career researchers.
Stem cells provide information about neuron resilience in ALS
Stem cells provide information about neuron resilience in ALS
Researchers at KI have developed a stem cell based model in order to study the resilience and vulnerability of neurons in the neurodegenerative disease ALS. The results can aid in the identification of new genetic targets for treatments protecting sensitive neurons.
KI-researchers take on the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
KI-researchers take on the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
Bill Gates has done it, George W Bush has done it and many of your friends have also done it – poured a bucket of ice water over themselves. All with the aim of drawing attention to ALS research. View a team of ALS researchers at KI do the same thing.