Project ALS

From Lab to Life

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From Lab to Life, a podcast from Project ALS, brings together people living with ALS and the scientists working toward effective treatments and cures. Hosted by Valerie Estess and Erin Fleming, the show explores the path from symptoms to diagnosis, the questions that drive discovery, and the breakthroughs emerging in ALS research today. Each episode offers clarity, connection, and real hope for the future.

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Alex & Jaci Hermstad Trailblazer Award 2026: Toward the Finish Line Video 23.02.2026 41:09

Inspired by the extraordinary courage of Alex and Jaci Hermstad, who faced ALS during their teens and twenties, the Project ALS Trailblazer Awards celebrate individuals whose work has made a profound and lasting impact on the ALS community and beyond. The Trailblazer Award honors leaders whose relentless pursuit of a cure or improved quality of life for people living with ALS or other neurodegener...

Episode #2: The Key to ALS Cures? Basic Research 19.12.2025 37:16

Why do some motor neurons break down while others resist the disease? ALS advocate Gwen Petersen and neuroscientist Dr. Tulsi Patel come together to examine how motor neurons develop, mature, and diverge over time, and how these differences may explain why certain cells are more vulnerable in ALS. Dr. Patel shares how her lab studies motor neuron subtypes and gene expression to better understand r...

Episode #1: AI Reveals New ALS Clues 04.12.2025 44:38

From Project ALS, Valerie Estess and Erin Fleming host From Lab to Life , a podcast where ALS research leaves the laboratory and connects with real lives. In this episode, we meet Melissa Diaz Viera, a social worker, wife, and young mother living with ALS; and Drs. Steven Altschuler and Lani Wu, two mathematicians turned researchers whose work at UCSF is helping uncover new ALS subtypes. Together...