ANA News
June 18, 2019 - With support from the BRAIN Initiative, Indiana University Bloomington scientists have created brainlife.io, a new cloud-based tool for keeping track of neuroscience data & code for analyses, storing information, and producing visualizations.
Learn more here: New cloud-based tool accelerates...
June 18, 2019 - The NIH Office of Science Policy June 13 shared a blog post about a new collaboration with the NIH Library to assemble a resource on the legacy of Henrietta Lacks in biomedical research. Cells from Ms. Lacks’ cervical cancer were extracted 65 years ago, and the cells have contributed to important...
June 5, 2019 - Please join us in congratulating and celebrating the achievements of our distinguished treasurer, Clifton (Cliff) Gooch, MD, who was recently appointed to the national ALS Association Board of Trustees. He is one of four new members of the 25-member national board.
Learn more here: Dr. Clifton...
May 23, 2019 - In the month of May, we are also drawn to awareness of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease or motor neurone disease, as it causes the death of neurons controlling voluntary muscles. The ANA tapped Laura P.W. Ranum, Ph.D, former chair of the Scientific Program...
May 22, 2019 - In observance of Huntington’s disease (HD) awareness month in May, we turn our attention to a disorder that has been recognized since the Middle Ages and described in English in 1872. This autosomal dominantly inherited disease is named after the 22-year old physician, George Huntington. The...