Welcome to The ALS Association - DC/MD/VA Chapter

Click here for more information regarding the Chapter's Advocacy program and our National Public Policy Conference scheduled for
May 9 - May 11, 2010.

Carlos Urroz and PALS Kathleen Thomas

Meet our Assistive Technology Manager Carlos Urroz

Carlos Urroz has been an ALS Association employee for the last five years helping PALS through adaptive technology. Click here to learn how he got his start, what this experience has meant to him and about his mission to defeat ALS.

Josh Thompson receives a kiss from his wife (L) Joy Thompson and from his mother Kathy Thompson. The photograph was taken at Josh and Joy Thompson’s wedding on May 15, 2006. He was diagnosed with ALS one year later.

Caregiver’s Quilt Contest Supports ALS Research

Kathy Thompson of Virginia Beach, VA has launched a new fundraising campaign during National Family Caregivers Month. The goal of the “Hopes and Dreams Quilt Challenge for ALS” contest is to increase awareness about the disease, raise funds for The Association’s global research program through an online raffle and auction of the quilts, and “warm the hearts and laps of ALS patients.” Click here for more information.

First U.S. Stem Cells
Transplanted Into Spinal Cord

ALS Association Chief Scientist Lucie Bruijn, Ph.D., was interviewed by CNN regarding Thursday’s announcement about the first ALS patient to receive transplanted stem cells.

Dr. Bruijn was quoted as saying, “This is the first study to see if the invasive injection into the spinal cord is safe for the patient.”

She went on to say, “Our biggest hopes for stem cells is to significantly slow the progression of the disease.”

Click here for the article.

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