University of Pittsburgh Center for ALS Research

Welcome

Established in 2005 to integrate and coordinate new and on-going research and clinical activities by investigators and clinicians in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and other motor neuron diseases, the Center for ALS Research, directed by Robert Bowser, PhD, includes a multidisciplinary clinic for patient care and numerous basic science laboratories searching for causes and treatments of ALS. The Center for ALS Research also administers the Stephen Tuttle ALS Tissue Donation Program, providing a resource for human tissue samples for ALS and control subjects for use in research activities both within the University of Pittsburgh and throughout the country.

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