Useful links
ALS sites of interest
i)
Online UK based MND/ALS forum
BUILD UK. The
forum is relatively new, and needs active contributions.
ii)
Les Turner ALS Foundation Based in the
US, offers information on a variety of ALS related subjects.
iii)
ALS Clinical and Research Centre An informative site covering many aspects of living with ALS.
iv)
RideForLife A popular ALS website, among
other things, this site is a good source of information of ALS in the news.
Organisations
i)
International Alliance of ALS/MND Associations
ii)
ALS Association (ALSA)
iii)
Motor Neurone Disease Association (MNDA)
iv)
Muscular Dystrophy Association
(MDA)
v)
MNDB (Hypothetical 3D structures for all SOD1 mutants)
Further reading
i)
NeurologyChannel. This site contains
well-written overviews of several
neurological conditions, including ALS. The entry
is jargon free.
ii)
GeneClinics.
Good clinical information resource, entries are peer reviewed and current. The ALS
entry is thorough and is of value to all.
iii) Scientific literature search at
Pubmed/Medline. A pre-formatted search that will retrieve the most recent English-language
articles concerning human subjects.
Useful software
i)
Ingenuity.
Ingenuity is an excellent tool which has been used to help understand the biological
pathways linked to ALS.