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document.write('<br /><p>For eleven hours straight, KSFY and ABC stations across the nation broadcast the Muscular Dystrophy Association\'s annual Jerry Lewis Telethon that started in 1966.</p>');
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document.write('<br /><p>Heather Tangora of Tangora Technologies and Ashlee Church of Prudential Manor Homes, work on details of the upcoming Chamber Golf Outing to benefit a scholarship fund in the name of their late father, Parker D. Mathusa.</p>');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.topix.net/health/als/2010/09/italian-team-helps-find-als-gene?fromrss=1"  target="feed">Italian team helps find ALS gene</a>');
document.write('<br /><p>Milan, September 1 - Italian researchers have helped pinpoint a gene responsible for the fatal and incurable nerve-wasting disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis .</p>');
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document.write('<br /><p>The causes of the devastating neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis are largely mysterious.</p>');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.topix.net/health/als/2010/08/dorothy-mary-trosko?fromrss=1"  target="feed">Dorothy Mary Trosko</a>');
document.write('<br /><p>Long time resident of Farmington Hills, Michigan. She was a well-respected, loved English teacher at Stevenson High School in Livonia, Mi.</p>');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.topix.net/health/als/2010/08/biogen-idec-and-knopp-neurosciences-announce-license-agreement-for-late-stage-als-drug-candidate?fromrss=1"  target="feed">Biogen Idec And Knopp Neurosciences Announce License Agreement For Late-Stage ALS Drug Candidate</a>');
document.write('<br /><p>Main Category: Muscular Dystrophy / ALS Also Included In: Neurology / Neuroscience Biogen Idec and Knopp Neurosciences announced they have entered into an exclusive, worldwide license agreement under which Biogen Idec will develop and commercialize KNS-760704 for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , also known as Lou Gehrig\'s disease, ...</p>');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.topix.net/health/als/2010/08/a-big-deal?fromrss=1"  target="feed">A big deal</a>');
document.write('<br /><p>A Pittsburgh research company said Wednesday it signed a deal potentially worth $345 million for final-stage development and commercialization of its treatment for Lou Gehrig\'s disease and possibly other degenerative nerve disorders.</p>');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.topix.net/health/als/2010/08/high-risk-high-reward-at-least-it-was-cheap?fromrss=1"  target="feed">High Risk, High Reward. At Least It Was Cheap</a>');
document.write('<br /><p>A Biogen Idec yesterday licensed a drug candidate for treating amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , also known as Lou Gehrig\'s disease, from privately held Knopp Neurosciences.</p>');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.topix.net/health/als/2010/08/scientists-discovery-in-lou-gehrig-disease?fromrss=1"  target="feed">Scientists discovery in Lou Gehrig Disease</a>');
document.write('<br /><p>Lou Gehrig may not have had what is known as Lou Gehrig\'s disease. The baseball player suffered numerous head injuries on the field.</p>');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.topix.net/health/als/2010/08/knopp-signs-80m-licensing-agreement?fromrss=1"  target="feed">Knopp signs $80m licensing agreement</a>');
document.write('<br /><p>Knopp Neurosciences President and CEO Michael Bozik in the company&amp;#x27;s lab. The firm, which is researching a drug to treat ALS secured an $80 million licensing agreement with Biogen Idec.</p>');
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