2024 – ALS Finding a Cure®

ALSFAC and Hop On A Cure Partner to fund 5 Investigators in a new ALS Organoid Program

2024-09-30T17:53:00+00:00

ALSFAC and Hop On A Cure Partner to fund 5 Investigators in a new ALS Organoid Program ALS Finding a Cure and Hop On A Cure announce their partnership to award $1.5M in grant funding for 2-year awards designed to advance the application of organoid technology for use in ALS translational research and development. Organoids are a powerful new and compelling technology for studying disease biology. Several different and complementary organoid models currently exist with relevance to ALS, but none of these models has been tested across multiple ALS iPSC lines, and all have been created using different lines/genetic [...]

ALS Finding a Cure Request for Proposals

Anne D Pham2024-01-09T20:06:17+00:00

ALS Finding a Cure Request for Proposals To Develop and Validate ALS Organoid Models Overview: Organoids are a powerful new and compelling technology for studying disease biology. Several different and complementary organoid models currently exist with relevance to ALS, but none of these models has been tested across multiple ALS iPSC lines, and all have been created using different lines/genetic backgrounds making comparisons between/among them challenging. The reagents and assays used to assess ALS phenotypes have likewise varied. This variability and limited scale make it challenging to interpret results and to establish methodologic robustness. This targeted RFP aims to [...]