ALS research funding boosts

Two University of Wollongong scientists won ~$1.3 million in funding to push amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research. Dr Luke McAlary will lead an international effort to study TDP-43, a key disease protein, and how mutations or everyday chemicals affect it. Dr Dezerae Cox will build tools to detect SOD1 clumps, a protein that can misfold, and map how the disease starts and changes, offering real hope for better treatments.