The ALS Association Florida Chapter: The ALS Association Florida Chapter

The ALS Association Florida Chapter

Advocacy Action Alert! Take the Next Step

Advocacy Action Alert

Your help is needed!

The Senate is expected to vote on legislation as soon as this week! This is what we all have been working for. And it means that it's absolutely critical that you contact your Senators and urge them to join us in our fight for a treatment and cure. This may be our last and only chance to pass the bill this year, so we need your help NOW.

Please use our Advocacy Action Center to send your letter TODAY and ask your Senators to vote for S. 3297, the Advancing America's Priorities Act, which includes the ALS Registry Act. Let them know that by voting for this critical legislation, they can help us find a treatment and cure for Lou Gehrig's disease. People with ALS don't have time to wait!

If you don't know the names of your Senators,don't worry, the Advocacy Action Center will identify them for you.

We want to thank everyone in advance for their outreach. Together, we can pass the ALS Registry Act!

Click the action link below to customize and customize and send your letter:

ACTION LINK: Advocacy Action Center
____________________________________________________________________________________________

Spotlight Bar 9_07

World’s First Genome-Wide
Spinal Cord Atlas Unveiled;
Co-Funded by The ALS Association

The ALS Association has joined a funding consortium of non-profit and private organizations to fund the Allen Spinal Cord Atlas, which was unveiled as the world’s first genome-wide map of the mouse spinal cord, key to the study of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other diseases, disorders and traumatic injuries of the spinal cord.

Created by the Seattle, Wash.-based Allen Institute for Brain Science, the atlas enables researchers to access the free online data to advance their research surrounding these conditions.
“The atlas enables scientists to determine the location of genes and their expression patterns at the cellular level in the spinal cord,” said Lucie Bruijn, Ph.D., science director and vice president of The Association. “This will provide an important reference when trying to understand gene changes and how these are linked to disease in mouse models of ALS.”

Read full story

Quick Register:
You are not logged in, if you are already registered, please log in.

Complete your preferred contact information:

Name:

Title	First Required	Middle Required	Last Required	Suffix

Email: Required

Street 1: Required

Street 2:

City/State/ZIP:

City Required	StateRequired	ZIPRequired

Country:

Phone Number:

Remember me.

Please enter a user name and password for logging in when you return. You can use this password to update your information or receive personalized content.

*	User Name: Required	5 to 60 characters
*	Password: Required	5 to 20 characters
*	Repeat Password: Required

Please select from the list below your areas of interest:

	ALS Patient and Family Services
	ALS Research
	Advocacy / Public Policy
	Connections eNewsletter
	Fundraising / Support Opportunities
	Volunteering
	Walk to Defeat ALS®