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"For the past two weeks you have been reading about a bad break I got. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth." – Lou Gehrig July 4, 1939

PHILADELPHIA -- One of the greatest players in Major League Baseball history was struck down over 70 years ago by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and ever since then the disease has been synonymous with the name of Lou Gehrig.

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ALS ASSOCIATION

The ALS Association is a leader in the fight against ALS through global research, compassionate care and support, and advocacy.
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MDA/AUGIE'S QUEST

Since it began its ALS program with Eleanor Gehrig in the early 1950s, MDA has expended $250 million on ALS services and research.
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ALS TDI

ALS TDI, the world's largest ALS research center and non-profit biotech, is devoted to developing therapeutics to stop Lou Gehrig's disease.
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Project A.L.S.

Since 1998, Project A.L.S. has been a catalyst and a leader in the effort to identify and develop the first effective treatments for ALS.
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