Episode 3 | Aired April 27, 2026
Run time: 27:24
This episode follows patients and families living with ALS and highlights why coordinated care from Emory ALS Center specialists is essential to navigating the disease. It also explores gene-targeting therapies for rare forms of ALS and a pilot study of mindfulness-based compassion training designed to support both patients and care partners facing the emotional toll of ALS.
Episode Segments
Emory ALS Center
Episode 3 | Segment 1 | Aired April 27, 2026
Run Time: 6:25
This segment highlights why coordinated care from Emory ALS Center specialists is essential to patients and caregivers navigating the disease.
Mindfulness-Based Compassion Training
Episode 3 | Segment 2 | Aired April 27, 2026
Run Time: 4:59
Learn how a pilot study of mindfulness-based compassion training is designed to support both patients and care partners facing the emotional toll of ALS.
Kerry Goode and the Goode Foundation
Episode 3 | Segment 3 | Aired April 27, 2026
Run Time: 4:10
The segment highlights former University of Alabama football player Kerry Goode and his fight against ALS that includes the Goode Foundation.
Gene-Targeting Therapies for ALS
Episode 3 | Segment 4 | Aired April 27, 2026
Run Time: 3:25
This segment explores a clinical trial at Emory University focusing on gene-targeting therapies for rare forms of ALS.
ALS Research
Episode 3 | Segment 5 | Aired April 27, 2026
Run Time: 5:50
This segment highlights physician scientists and researchers at Emory University who are working to find the signals that lead to treatments for ALS.