Umeå University
About the center
The Swedish ALS Research Center at Umeå University (UmU) and Umeå University Hospital (NUS, Norrlands universitetssjukhus) was established in 1992. The Research Center is closely associated with the multidisciplinary Clinical ALS Team (CAT) at the university hospital that provides diagnosis and care for patients with ALS and their relatives. Clinical research includes testing experimental new medications in phase 1, 2 or 3 trials in collaborations with the pharmaceutical industry but we have also performed investigator-initiated trials sponsored by patient organizations and private foundations.
An absolute key to both the clinical and the basic research is a better understanding of the many genes that shapes a human being and may confer a risk or reduce the risk for getting ALS and similar diseases.
In ProjectMinE, we analyze and compare the entire human genome between patients with different types of ALS and healthy individuals in different countries. The overall aim is to get better understanding of the ALS disease and develop efficient treatments and hopefully also medications that can prevent people from getting ALS in the future.
