Helping People Live Better with ALS
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a rare progressive neurodegenerative disease that causes hardening in the brain and the spinal cord, which damages nerve cells. This nerve cell damage will eventually compromise a person’s ability to move their muscles voluntarily, affecting their ability to walk, speak, eat, or breathe. It is also called Lou Gehrig’s disease, […]
Research from the Mayo Clinic is moving towards clinical trials for ALS
Groundbreaking research into amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) from a research team at Mayo Clinic discovered the genetic repeat mutation known as c9orf72 in 2011 could potentially hold insight on how to cure or possibly even prevent ALS in patients. This mutation occurs in 40 percent of all familial cases of patients with ALS and 10 […]