Drs. Ayeez and Shelena Lalji & Family ALS Endowed Award for Innovative Healing

The Lalji Family ALS Award is accepting nominations for individual or team of investigators who have made significant progress impacting the repair and regeneration of neuronal degeneration that may be applied in ALS. Examples include but are not limited to:

• Identification of key modulators of axonal, glial, and neuronal health and degeneration
• Novel therapies including stem cell therapies to repair and/or regenerate axons, motor neurons or glia
• Modalities to enhance neuroplasticity that lead to repair and regeneration
• A root cause-based protocol or system that leads to reduction of inflammation and improvement of neuronal, glial, and/or axonal function
• Neuro-technologies that restore function or communication and enhance quality of life
• Novel methods to increase and improve endogenous neurogenesis
• Restoring nerve muscle communication

Award: $40,000

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