When Promising ALS Treatments Fall Short
Failure in science isn’t the end — it’s data. In a new Nature spotlight, Packard Center Founder and Executive Director,…
In a Milestone for A.L.S., a Treatment Helps Some Patients Improve
From the New York Times, May 6, 2026 The development of tofersen stemmed largely from the early fundamental research by…
New Study Links ITCH Protein to a Common Trigger in Alzheimer’s and ALS
Packard-funded investigator Jiou Wang, MD, PhD, of Johns Hopkins University, has helped uncover a surprising culprit behind a…
New Blood Test for ALS Detects Early Signs Years Before Symptoms Appear
In a striking advance for ALS research, Bryan J. Traynor, MD, PhD, a Packard-funded investigator, played a key…
Important Holiday and Year-End Information
Holiday Hours The Packard Center development office will be closed for the winter holidays from December 24, 2025,…
Packard Center Concludes 25th Anniversary Celebration with Event Honoring Namesake
The Packard Center marked a quarter-century of pioneering ALS research with an anniversary celebration at the Presidio Golf…
Honoring a Legacy on the Links
Three brothers returned to Greystone Golf Course on October 23rd to host the 4th Annual Mike Radcliffe Memorial Golf…
Robert Packard Center for ALS Research and ALS United Announce Joint Research Funding Partnership
The Robert Packard Center for ALS Research at Johns Hopkins and ALS United are pleased to announce a…
Project ALS & the Robert Packard Center for ALS Research present Challenges & Opportunities of ALS Modeling
Packard Center and Project ALS host workshop to share knowledge on culturing human neurons as an essential research…
Longitude Prize on ALS launches to award £7.5 million to AI drug target discoveries for most common form of MND
The Packard Center is part of a cohort of funders supporting a new global initiative to accelerate drug…