The Neuromuscular Disorders Program at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine has just launched a new Internet resource for the ALS community:

http://www.neurogenetics.northwestern.edu

Teepu Siddique, M.D., director of the Neuromuscular Disorders Program, is the Abbott Labs/Duane and Susan Burnham Research Professor in the Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurological Sciences at Northwestern University. Dr. Siddique and his team are known throughout the worldwide ALS community for the discoveries of two genetic causes of ALS, as well as for encouraging use of the transgenic mouse model developed in 1994 by Northwestern scientists.

The new web site provides information about the world-renown research and clinical programs at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Learn about their clinics and expert and compassionate staff. Meet the research team and read about their current investigations. Explore research projects that interest you.

For more information, please contact Lisa Dellefave, M.S.,
Genetic Counselor at l-dellefave@northwestern.edu or (312) 503-0154.