Genetic Change Extends Mouse Life, Points To Possible Treatment For ALS

There are many ways to die, but amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, must be one of the worst. By the time a patient notices muscle weakness, the neurons that control the muscles have already begun dying, in an untreatable process that brings death within two to five years. In a series of experiments reported today (Dec.

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Filed under: Muscular Dystrophy on December 11th, 2008