Microsoft Investing $1 million in Cloud-Computing Resources to Help Answer ALS
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Microsoft Investing $1 million in Cloud-Computing Resources to Help Answer ALS

ByHamid Patel

Microsoft is investing $1 million in cloud-computing resources for the nonprofit, which will make the huge repository of valuable data openly available to researchers around the globe. Maybe, Joel Shamaskin thought, he was working too many hours, not getting enough sleep.  That wouldn’t have been unusual for the longtime primary care doctor at the University…

Answer ALS Webinar and Update – 31 July 2018
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Answer ALS Webinar and Update – 31 July 2018

ByHamid Patel

Join Answer ALS on Tuesday July 31 at 3:00m EST for an important webinar on the project’s progress and how we are using technology to help Answer ALS. We apologize for the short notice, but while our plans were to offer this webinar in August, the opportunity arose where we could schedule Dr. Berry and…

Answer ALS: Announcement Researchers Share Unprecedented Milestones
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Answer ALS: Announcement Researchers Share Unprecedented Milestones

ByHamid Patel

October 11, 2017 – Last week at the 2017 Annual NEALS Meeting, Answer ALS researchers presented updates on the initiative to the ALS research community. Those updates included some unprecedented efforts in the strategy to find answers and solutions to ALS. “When Answer ALS was envisioned and ultimately organized, we wanted the entire research community,…