Publication overview

Research center

Emory University

Atlanta, USA

Emory University

About the center

Large-scale whole-genome sequencing of many individuals with ALS plays a key role in gaining a better understanding this disease and finding new treatments for it. The Association has partnered the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, Massachussetts, and Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. John Landers, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Medical School, and Jonathan Glass, M.D., Emory, will lead this project.

Sequenced genomes will become part of a worldwide ALS genome database and made available to ALS researchers for investigations into the causes of the disease. In addition, Project MinE researchers will collect tissue samples that can be used for development of stem cell lines, a key tool in ALS research.

Jonathan Glass

Professor of Neurology and Pathology at Emory School of Medicine, MD and Director of the Emory ALS Center

Emory University

Jonathan Glass

Professor of Neurology and Pathology at Emory School of Medicine, MD and Director of the Emory ALS Center

The Emory ALS Center, led by Dr. Jonathan Glass, is one of the largest clinical centers for ALS in the United States. The Center provides true multidisciplinary care for patients and families with ALS and related disorders. The team of neurologists, neurosurgeons, nurses, therapists, and dieticians care for both the physical and emotional needs of our patients and their families. The focus of the patient model is on independence and quality of life through state-of-the-art intervention.

Emory ALS Center physician-scientists continue to perform groundbreaking research, including developing surgical methods for delivery of therapeutics to the spinal cord. The researchers search tirelessly for a cure for this devastating disease, focusing on basic mechanisms of motor neuron degeneration, genetics of ALS, and new experimental treatments.