ALS is a progressive disease, meaning it worsens over time. Although there is no cure for ALS, medications and therapies are available to help manage the symptoms, slow the disease course, and prolong ...
A new Northwestern University study using patient nervous tissue and lab-grown human neurons has uncovered how a key disease protein, TDP-43, drives overactive nerve cells in the neurodegenerative ...
NUMBER ONE KILLER OF WOMEN. WELL, THE DEATH OF ACTOR ERIC DANE PUT ALS, OR LOU GEHRIG’S DISEASE IN THE SPOTLIGHT. ALS IS A PROGRESSIVE NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE THAT AFFECTS NERVE CELLS IN THE BRAIN ...