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document.write('<font class=\'rss_als_title_text\' size=3 face=\'Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\'><b><u>10 Recent ALS Research Articles<\/u><\/b><\/font>');
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document.write('<font class=\'rss_als_normal\' size=\'2\' face=\'Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\'><a target=_blank class=\'rss_als_link\'  href=\'http:\/\/www.als.ca\/_news\/4466.aspx\'>Study Links Neurodegeneration in Head Trauma and ALS<\/a> (Aug 20, 2010)<\/font>');

document.write('<br><font size=\'2\' face=\'Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\' class=\'rss_als_normal\'>Nearly four years since researchers identified the mystery component of toxic protein aggregates in ALS and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD)-affected motor neurons as TAR DNA-binding protein (');

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document.write('<font class=\'rss_als_normal\' size=\'2\' face=\'Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\'><a target=\'_blank\' class=\'rss_als_link\'  href=\'http:\/\/www.als.ca\/_news\/4465.aspx\'>A clinical study of Ceftriaxone in ALS<\/a> (Aug 19, 2010)<\/font>');

document.write('<br><font size=\'2\' face=\'Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\' class=\'rss_als_normal\'>A clinical study of Ceftriaxone in ALS.');

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document.write('<font class=\'rss_als_normal\' size=\'2\' face=\'Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\'><a target=_blank class=\'rss_als_link\'  href=\'http:\/\/www.als.ca\/_news\/4464.aspx\'>New Genes, Proteins and Biomarkers<\/a> (Aug 18, 2010)<\/font>');

document.write('<br><font size=\'2\' face=\'Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\' class=\'rss_als_normal\'>Buried deep within thick skulls and boney spines, the neurons of the central nervous system are, perhaps, the most protected cells of the body. This is good news for healthy neurons, but bad news for ');

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document.write('<font class=\'rss_als_normal\' size=\'2\' face=\'Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\'><a target=\'_blank\' class=\'rss_als_link\'  href=\'http:\/\/www.als.ca\/_news\/4462.aspx\'>ALS Vaccine To Target Misfolded SOD1<\/a> (Aug 6, 2010)<\/font>');

document.write('<br><font size=\'2\' face=\'Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\' class=\'rss_als_normal\'>Mutations in the gene encoding superoxide dismutase cause approximately 20 per cent of familial ALS cases, according to a paper recently published in Human Molecular Genetics. ');

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document.write('<font class=\'rss_als_normal\' size=\'2\' face=\'Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\'><a target=_blank class=\'rss_als_link\'  href=\'http:\/\/www.als.ca\/_news\/4460.aspx\'>Is BMAA a  neurotoxin relevant to ALS?<\/a> (Jul 8, 2010)<\/font>');

document.write('<br><font size=\'2\' face=\'Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\' class=\'rss_als_normal\'>Cyanobacteria, also known as the blue-green algae that smother ponds, lakes and seas around the world, produce several toxins. Among them is beta-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA), an amino acid that some ');

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document.write('<font class=\'rss_als_normal\' size=\'2\' face=\'Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\'><a target=\'_blank\' class=\'rss_als_link\'  href=\'http:\/\/www.als.ca\/_news\/4459.aspx\'>Neurodegenerative Disease Research Accelerates<\/a> (Jun 25, 2010)<\/font>');

document.write('<br><font size=\'2\' face=\'Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\' class=\'rss_als_normal\'>While scientists worldwide strive to understand neurodegeneration and find ways to slow or stop it, variations in how they perform experiments and interpret their findings can slow the global effort t');

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document.write('<font class=\'rss_als_normal\' size=\'2\' face=\'Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\'><a target=_blank class=\'rss_als_link\'  href=\'http:\/\/www.als.ca\/_news\/4455.aspx\'>Provincial Respiratory Outreach Program Receives Exceptional Support Servic<\/a> (Jun 22, 2010)<\/font>');

document.write('<br><font size=\'2\' face=\'Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\' class=\'rss_als_normal\'>Simon Cox, executive director of The Provincial Respiratory Outreach Program (PROP) in British Columbia, received the 2009 ALS Society of Canada\'s Marcel Bertrand Exceptional Support Services Program ');

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document.write('<font class=\'rss_als_normal\' size=\'2\' face=\'Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\'><a target=\'_blank\' class=\'rss_als_link\'  href=\'http:\/\/www.als.ca\/_news\/4441.aspx\'>ALSUntangled investigates stem cell transplants in Mexico and Germany<\/a> (Jun 7, 2010)<\/font>');

document.write('<br><font size=\'2\' face=\'Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\' class=\'rss_als_normal\'>Although stem cell transplants might eventually represent an effective treatment for ALS, many challenges need to be overcome, such as how to deliver the cells into motor areas throughout the nervous ');

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document.write('<font class=\'rss_als_normal\' size=\'2\' face=\'Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\'><a target=_blank class=\'rss_als_link\'  href=\'http:\/\/www.als.ca\/_news\/4440.aspx\'>Guidelines for preclinical animal research<\/a> (May 21, 2010)<\/font>');

document.write('<br><font size=\'2\' face=\'Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\' class=\'rss_als_normal\'>We know more about the biology underlying ALS than ever before, but little of this knowledge has been translated into effective treatments for patients.');

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document.write('<font class=\'rss_als_normal\' size=\'2\' face=\'Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\'><a target=\'_blank\' class=\'rss_als_link\'  href=\'http:\/\/www.als.ca\/_news\/4439.aspx\'>New Mutation Associated with Familial ALS<\/a> (May 19, 2010)<\/font>');

document.write('<br><font size=\'2\' face=\'Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\' class=\'rss_als_normal\'>Researchers from Imperial College London have discovered a new genetic mutation associated with ALS. ');

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