Archive for March, 2009

First Waltz Chicago 2009 Photos

First Waltz Chicago 2009 Photos

Thanks to all of our friends who spent on night on the Bright Side of the Road at Chicago’s Green Dolphin Street. It was another fun evening of cocktails, hearty appetizers, and damn fine blues as we joined together to support the research initiatives of The Barry Winovich Endowed Chair for ALS Research at the [...]

First Waltz Chicago at the Green Dolphin Inn

First Waltz Chicago at the Green Dolphin Inn

Join us at Green Dolphin Street for a fun evening of cocktails, hearty appetizers, and damn fine blues as we join together to support the research initiatives of The Barry Winovich Endowed Chair for ALS Research at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
Award-winning blues guitarist  and vocalist Austin “Walkin” Cane will perform his blues gumbo repertoire that [...]

New ALS gene identified

New ALS gene identified

Fourth causative gene implicates new molecular pathways, potential therapeutic targets
A collaborative research effort spanning nearly a decade between Harvard researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and King’s College London (KCL) has identified a novel gene for inherited amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease).
This is the fourth gene associated with familial [...]