Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Definition
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS; pronounced ay-MY-eh-TRO-fik LA-ter-el skler-OH-sis) is a neurodegenerative disease. A neurodegenerative disease is one in w...
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Lou Gehrig's Disease
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a disease that breaks down tissues in the nervous system (a neurodegenerative disease) of unknown cause that affects the nerves responsible ...
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a disease that causes muscles to stop working. ALS is a rare disease found mostly in very active people. Another name for ALS is Motor Neuron Disease (MND) and...
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - A mutation in a single gene may
raise one's risk of getting amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
(ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease, by as much as 30 percent,
offering a potential new tar...
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Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking says he wants to undertake a zero-gravity flight aboard an airplane this year as a precursor to a journey into space, a newspaper reported Monday."This year I'm plann...
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Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking says he wants to undertake a zero-gravity flight aboard an airplane this year as a precursor to a journey into space, a newspaper reported Monday."This year I'm plann...
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Renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, who authored the best-selling book, "A Brief History of Time," soon will experience a brief history with weightlessness.Hawking, who uses a wheelchai...
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A team of Arizona researchers think they've found a gene that could help better predict a person's risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.The gene _ called GAB2 _ seems to affect the odds that some...
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Washington (dpa) - Renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking left
behind his wheelchair for a zero-gravity experience Thursday.
Hawking, 65, who has been confined to h...
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Dusseldorf (dpa) - German expressionist artist Joerg Immendorff
died on Monday after a long illness, his wife said.
One of Germany's foremost modern artists, the 61-...
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LONDON, Nov 1 (Reuters) - An acne drug that had shown early
promise in treating the degenerative nerve condition known as
Lou Gehrig's disease actually worsens it, a study in Lancet
Neurology sai...
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - A human protein generated while
the body encounters environmental stress helped delay symptoms
of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig's disease
in mice, U.S. rese...
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Lou Gehrig's Disease
ALS - Lou Gehrig's Disease
Mutation in one gene tied to Lou Gehrig's disease
