Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's Disease)

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ALS Association: "The ALS Association is the only national not-for-profit voluntary health organization dedicated solely to the fight against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (often called Lou Gehrig's disease)."
ALS Therapy Development Foundation: "The ALS Therapy Development Foundation uses entrepreneurial spirit and techniques to seek out and develop promising therapies to slow, arrest, and cure ALS. We do this by identifying and filling gaps in the development process and defining and delivering the resources to transform ideas into projects and projects into therapies."
What is ALS?

Les Turner Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Foundation, Ltd.: "The Les Turner ALS Foundation is the nation's largest independent publicly supported non-profit organization devoted to the treatment and elimination of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), better known as Lou Gehrig's disease. The Foundation supports the ALS community in Chicago and its suburbs and is affiliated with Northwestern University Medical School."
World Federation of Neurology ALS: "This web site is sponsored by the World Federation of Neurology Research Group on Motor Neuron Diseases to link researchers and clinicians worldwide with the goal of finding effective treatment and a cure for ALS."