January 8, 2021
Derek Wood’s Legacy Will Lead to ALS Innovation
“We know that we’re here for a greater good”
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December 17, 2020
Dr. Goutman Talks ALS on U-M Hockey Show
Dr. Stephen Goutman joined the U-M Hockey Radio Show this week to discuss ALS patient care and the recent progress made to slow ALS.
November 25, 2020
Dr. Feldman Named Fellow for American Association for the Advancement of Science
The AAAS honored Dr. Feldman for her distinguished contributions to neuroscience and neurology, particularly through leadership, mentoring, and basic and clinical research, leading to new disease therapies and important clinical guidelines.
November 23, 2020
Pat Quinn, Co-Founder of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, Passes Away
Quinn and his friends started the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge in 2014. Driven by social media, the campaign has raised more than $200 million for ALS research.
November 18, 2020
Advancing Stem Cell Therapy in Alzheimer's Disease: Q & A with Lisa McGinley, PhD
Research Assistant Professor Lisa McGinley, Ph.D., is directing stem cell therapy research that will provide a desperately needed treatment for Alzheimer's disease patients.
November 17, 2020
U-M Collaborator Lab Wins ALS Research Challenge
Congratulations to the Nesvizhskii Lab's "Team MSFragger Swagger."
November 14, 2020
World Diabetes Day 2020 Message from Dr. Eva Feldman
Dr. Eva Feldman shares a message for the annual World Diabetes Day. She talks about two new diabetes centers at Michigan Medicine and the ongoing fight against COVID-19's deadly affect on those afflicted with the disease.
November 11, 2020
Dr. Nowacek Named Director of VA Ann Arbor ALS Clinic
Michigan Medicine neurologists care for ALS patients at both the Pranger ALS Clinic and the VA Ann Arbor ALS Clinic. ALS was established as a service-connected condition in 2008.
October 16, 2020
Early Treatment with New ALS Drug Combination Improved Survival
An open label extension shows additional benefit from a drug currently being tested for patients with Lou Gehrig’s disease.
October 12, 2020
Dr. Feldman Shares Life Lessons with Grand Valley State Students
Dr. Eva Feldman gave a "Wheelhouse Talk" at Grand Valley State University's Hauenstein Presidential Studies Center, where she shared life lessons from her own personal and professional experiences as a Michigan Medicine clinician scientist.
September 14, 2020
Finding a New ALS Therapy: 10 Questions with Benjamin Murdock, PhD
Research Assistant Professor Benjamin Murdock, PhD, is leading research to repurpose a drug that suppresses the immune system for use in treating amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
September 8, 2020
Dr. Feldman Talks Obesity and COVID-19 in Brain & Life
Doctors have observed obesity significantly increased the threat of severe and sometimes deadly coronavirus-related complications.
September 2, 2020
New Drug Combination May Slow Symptom Course Early on in ALS
Positive clinical trial points to a possible additional option for patients with ALS. Dr. Stephen Goutman explains the excitement and the caution.
August 27, 2020
Callaghan Receives American Neurological Association Honor
The 2020 Wolfe Neuropathy Research Prize honors an outstanding investigator who identifies a new cause or treatment of neuropathy. Dr. Brian Callaghan was recognized for his work with obesity and neuropathy.
August 19, 2020
Michigan Medicine Blog: Does High Blood Sugar Worsen COVID-19 Outcomes?
In a study led by Dr. Rodica Pop-Busui, NeuroNetwork for Emerging Therapies faculty member, preliminary observations of COVID-19 patients with diabetes inspired an algorithm for glucose monitoring that’s suspected to help combat the virus’ serious complications.
July 28, 2020
amfAR Funds Dr. Matthias Kretzler’s Crucial Research on New Treatments for COVID-19
A new grant will allow Dr. Matthias Kretzler and his team to study the potential of a class of therapeutics to treat kidney cells in COVID-19 patients.
July 28, 2020
Dr. Rodica Pop-Busui Publishes STRIDE protocol in Journal of Diabetes and its Complications
Strategies to reduce severe diabetic foot infections and complications during epidemics (STRIDE)
July 20, 2020
Dr. Salim Hayek Co-Author's Important COVID-19 Study in JAMA Internal Medicine
Researchers found many instances of respiratory failure and kidney injury, but not heart failure, among COVID-19 patients admitted to ICUs across the country.
July 17, 2020
Study of Medicare Policy by Drs. Callaghan and Reynolds Published in Neurology
In addition to his diabetes research, Dr. Callaghan seeks to improve the efficiency in neurologic testing. Here he examined how a change to Medicare's nerve conduction study reimbursement policy in 2013 has affected the utilization, payments and patient access to the the procedure, which measures the speed at which an electrical impulse moves
July 16, 2020
Former Fellow Catrina Robinson Joins NeuroNetwork
While Catrina Robinson, PhD , is the most recent addition to the NeuroNetwork for Emerging Therapies roster of scientists, she has a long-standing relationship with Director Eva L. Feldman, M.D., Ph.D.