Donnelly Family Makes Major Contribution to ALS Research.

The Donnelly family has made a major contribution in support of CNS's research and patient efforts. Friends and family of Charles Donnelly who died of ALS last year established a fund to honor the memory of Charles who was a community leader, builder and yachtsman. The Donnelly Fund and Skaggs Clinical Scholar Award are the major sources of funding for Dr. Smith's effort to develop a therapy for ALS. In collaboration with Scripps Research Institute, UCSD and a local biotech company approximately ten compounds that might be useful for the treatment of familial ALS are being tested in an animal model of Lou Gehrig's Disease.

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