Nanette Whitfield, stood beside her best friend and husband as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) painfully took his life, reported The Record Courier. Watching someone you love slowly lose everything has…
Everyone with Facebook surely remembers when people were posting videos of themselves having ice cold water dumped on their heads. But, does everyone remember what it was for? The Ice…
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, affects approximately 30,000 people in the United States. The National Organization for Rare Diseases estimates that 5,000 more people are diagnosed…
Whenever I'm under a lot of pressure, I daydream about a day off, where I could watch true crime shows, eat pizza in bed, and never get out of my…
You've heard about Hurricane Irma and Maria that hit Puerto Rico, destroying schools, hospitals, and leaving the island without power. You've seen the devastating photos. Millions of people living there…
You've seen hydrogels before: they're used in glues, contact lenses, breast implants, band-aids-- the list goes on. Hydrogels aren't exactly one thing, but a classification of gel: they're solid gel…
In 2014, Stephen Hawking, one of the world's leading thinkers and most famous faces of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), spoke out about the dangers of full artificial intelligence (AI). Hawking…
It seems like copper is all the rage right now. A quick stop by any pharmacy shows copper-infused knee, ankle, wrist, and even back braces. Even the ironman of the…
Causation vs. correlation. What does that even mean? If you ask your friend who majored in philosophy for a semester-and-a-half in college, you’ll probably get an explanation that sounds more…
Rare diseases like ALS and SMA cause damage to motor neurons. Often, these conditions lead to death, in part because muscles in the chest are wasted away and the patient…
BIG NEWS in the ALS community this week. As reported by NewsWise, researchers at the Mayo Clinic and St. Judes Children's Research Hospital have discovered the dysfunctional cellular mechanism behind…
All you have to do is look around. If you do, you’ll see the rate of progress accelerating. Look at anything modern. Some people liken this to Moore’s Law concerning…
As rare, neurodegenerative diseases go, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis—or ALS—“enjoys” an unusually high profile. This is due in no small part to both the ice bucket challenge that was everywhere a…
For a while, researchers and scientists have known that the protein, TDP-43, is found in clumps in the brain cells of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). It has also…
It's getting hot out there... So you may as well read some news while staying cool inside if you're in the US! This week we have news on Senator John…
If you're a millennial, or if you are close to a millennial, or actually if you just have a social media presence at all, you have probably heard of the…
Je suis sûr que vous avez entendu parler de la SLA après que le «Défi du dégel de glace» ait balayé la nation en 2014, mais peu ont probablement pris…
Sono sicuro che hai sentito parlare di ALS dopo che la "Ice Bucket Challenge" ha spazzato la nazione nel 2014, ma pochi ancora probabilmente hanno preso il tempo per ricercare…
BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Inc. is looking to begin producing NurOwn® adult stem cells for their phase III clinical study on ALS patients. The therapeutic company is hoping that the development of…
I'm sure you've heard about ALS after the "Ice Bucket Challenge" swept the nation in 2014, but few still probably took the time to research and learn more about the…
First, there was the saltine cracker challenge, which allegedly has its origins at the University of Tennessee with Peyton Manning making a bet. Then came the Sprite and banana challenge…
Think back: Remember those halcyon days of 2014 when we spent the summer dumping buckets of ice water over our heads and challenging our friends to do it or pay…
I recently read an article that was focused on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and how cases of this degenerative motor-neuron disease are expected to increase as the world population ages.…
Welcome back to Editor's Choice! May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month, and to bring you awareness we have a 7-minute documentary you won't want to miss! We also have some…
Friday was an incredibly important day. Yes, it was Cinco De Mayo, but it was also the first time the FDA has approved a treatment for ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) in…
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