On Oct 20, we announced a $500,000 NFL commitment to Champion Insights. High-intensity professions face up to twice the ALS risk. We are enrolling 500 participants to provide home blood samples and complete surveys to find out why. Enroll today: ChampionInsights.org #ALS

Over 1,000 people with ALS joined our original research study and returned for repeat clinic visits. Highlighted in Nature Neuroscience (2022), participants were followed for 12.5 months on average. Access clinical records on Neuromine: dataportal.answerals.org #ALSResearch

University of Turin researchers used data from 723 Answer ALS participants in Neuromine for a 2026 Annals of Neurology study. Findings show women with ALS carry more rare, damaging DNA changes than men. Explore the future of ALS research at: answerals.org/research

Since releasing all data from 1,100+ people with ALS on Neuromine one year ago, researchers in 35 countries have launched 740+ projects.
Keeping this portal free costs $800k-$1M annually.

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Happy Halloween from Answer ALS!

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Living with ALS, Advisory Board Chair Ed Rapp donated his blood and data. He believes ALS breakthroughs fall like dominoes and big data is the missing domino. Your donation keeps this dataset open for researchers in 35 countries.

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Getting started on Neuromine costs researchers nothing. Build cohorts by genetic status or onset site, download specific data layers, and request matched biosamples and stem cell lines to validate findings.

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Answer ALS and ALS TDI merged data on Neuromine, expanding to 2,500+ harmonized profiles. This scale helps scientists study rare gene carriers. Harmonizing new data costs up to $1M a year. Donations keep it free for global research.

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Advancing research requires building collaborative frameworks. Join Answer ALS at the 2026 NEALS Meeting in Clearwater from Oct 27 to 30. Terri Thompson presents our data integration approach and Neuromine expansion on Oct 29 at Poster 227. answerals.org.

Answer ALS banked blood and spinal fluid from 1,000+ participants. Each sample connects to clinical data in Neuromine. Researchers can find a pattern in the data and test it directly on matched biological material.

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Scientists used Answer ALS proteomics data to find markers linked to ALS progression and published their findings in an open-access journal. Both the data and the paper are free for anyone to read, check, and build upon.

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Answer ALS is seeking researchers to mentor students. Young scientists are analyzing Neuromine data in a secure workspace. We pair them with experts to guide their projects. Help a student get started.

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The @NFL has committed $500K to Champion Insights, a study asking why athletes, veterans & first responders face up to 2x the risk of ALS.

Grateful. 💙 Pictured: @SteveGleason & @nflcommish Roger Goodell at Domecoming.

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For #OAWeek, the theme is "The Cost of Knowledge". Neuromine charges researchers nothing to access 250 terabytes of harmonized ALS data. Keeping it free costs up to $1M a year. Donations pay that cost so researchers never have to.

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Shared Answer ALS data helped identify the KIF5A gene. Discovering new ALS genes requires pooling whole-genome sequences across many groups. Neuromine keeps these genomes open to qualified researchers to advance the search.

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As the Navy marks 251 years, retired Lt. Cmdr. Matt Bellina has joined Champion Insights. The remote study investigates why veterans, athletes, and first responders face higher ALS rates via at-home blood samples and surveys.

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ALS studies take months to set up. Patients do not have that time. Neuromine provides access to clinical data and stem cells from 1,100+ participants. Researchers can test drug targets immediately. Maintaining this head start costs $800k a year

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Answer ALS and Cedars-Sinai are turning patient blood into motor neurons. Scientists test every stem cell line for purity and a true genetic match. You can access the largest carefully checked collection ever created via Neuromine.

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A Communications Biology study applied machine learning to Answer ALS motor neurons, identifying 110 protein biomarkers and a consistent drop in RPS29. This open data traces back to blood donations and remains free to use. answerals.org/research

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Tonight the Saints host the Falcons to celebrate 20 years since the Superdome reopened. New Orleans' own Steve Gleason founded Answer ALS and built Neuromine, offering free data to 700+ global research projects. Help keep it open and growing: answerals.org/donate

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