7:30 AM LRN Newscast

At Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge an effort is underway to use A-I to develop drugs to treat ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases. It’s being led by Dr. Jeff Keller who says the goal is to use A-I driven insights to identify and prioritize therapeutic targets. He says one well-known ALS patient was instrumental in securing the necessary funding.

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After 17 years, U-L Lafayette President Dr. Joseph Savoie is stepping down, with today being his last day. Communications Professor Philip Auter, the former faculty senate president, says Dr. Savoie was a very effective president.

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The federal government announced it’s nixing a plan to end the distribution of critical hurricane forecasting data. Kace Kieschnick has more.

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State lawmakers told LHSAA officials they are not fans of the public-private school split playoffs in high school sports and they would like to see a one-time transfer rule adopted. Thibodaux Representative Bryan Fontenot…

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