Re: Brown, MD honored

[Guest guest]

I'm glad that we met Dr. Brown when he was our keynote speaker

at TeamWalk. How encouraging that he is " working " for us.

[Guest guest]

Dr. Brown is right. Vast is the knowledge that he and other scientists will

receive regarding neuro diseases because many are interceding on their behalf.

I believe it's right around the corner! Keep the updates coming, please.

Thanks again.

God Bless

Yolanda

Brown, MD honored

14th International Symposium on ALS/MND, Nov 15 -16,

Milan, Italy

Every year the contribution of an eminent neurologist

who also runs an active research program is recognized

by awarding the Forbes Norris Award. This year the

award was made to Dr Bob Brown of Massachusetts

General Hospital in Boston, USA. He is

particularly known for encouraging international

collaborations - many careers of well-respected North

American and European researchers have been enhanced

from a period as a visiting scientist in his

laboratory.

In light of this award it was fitting that Dr Bob

Brown had been invited to give the closing

presentation of the Symposium. He started his upbeat

talk by asserting, " We have 10 more therapeutic

targets than we had 10 years ago " . These include

targeting other cells in addition to motor neurons. Dr

Brown also suggested that these drugs will probably

involve " different agents acting in

concert " . One of the hurdles for developing drugs to

treat MND is their adequate delivery into the brain

and spinal cord. In the remainder of his talk Dr Brown

highlighted a number of new developments that could

solve this problem. These included the

potential of both gene and stem cell therapies

respectively.

" There is a sea change coming in ALS research, " he

concluded.