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| Boosting protein extends life of Lou Gehrig patients: study
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| A team of scientists from the United States and Uruguay may have found a way to delay the onset of chronic neuron-killing diseases such as Lou Gehrig's disease, one of the researchers said Wednesday.
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December 11, 2008 |
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| Caffeine Appears To Be Beneficial In Males, But Not Females, With Lou Gehrig's Disease
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| Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal disease that damages key neurons in the brain and spinal cord. The disease causes progressive paralysis of voluntary muscles and often death within five years of symptoms.
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April 21, 2009 |
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| Cell changes may help Lou Gehrig's research
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| Scientists grow patients' own neurons to help study fatal illness.
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July 31, 2008 |
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| Data Mining Detects Signs Of Lou Gehrig's Disease In Gene Carriers Long Before Symptoms Appear
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| Inspired by the use of microarray chips that look for gene combinations, psychologists are using "pattern array" software to spot movements in rats that might help them predict diseases such as Lou Gehrig's syndrome.
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August 5, 2008 |
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| Fatal Brain Disease At Work Well Before Symptoms Appear
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| University of Florida scientists have discovered why a paralyzing brain disorder speeds along more rapidly in some patients than others — a finding that may finally give researchers an entry point toward an effective treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, often referred to as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease.
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June 8, 2009 |
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| Gene find sheds light on motor neuron diseases like ALS
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| Scientists have identified a gene in mice that plays a central role in the proper development of one of the nerve cells that goes bad in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease, and some other diseases that affect our motor neurons.
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October 22, 2008 |
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| Gene Find Sheds Light On Motor Neuron Diseases Like ALS
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| Scientists have identified a gene in mice that plays a central role in the proper development of one of the nerve cells that goes bad in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease, and some other diseases that affect our motor neurons.
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October 27, 2008 |
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| Genetic Change Extends Mouse Life, Points To Possible Treatment For Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
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| 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.
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December 18, 2008 |
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| Growth Hormone Not Beneficial For ALS, Study Finds
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| A growth hormone that had shown some promise for treating people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) showed no benefit in a new study published in the November 25, 2008, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
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December 9, 2008 |
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| Human Stem Cells Provide A New Model For Lou Gehrig's Disease
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| Motor neurons derived from embryonic stem cells mimic the progress of familial ALS. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a devastating condition in which motor neuron degeneration causes progressive loss of movement and muscle tone, leading to death.
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February 24, 2009 |
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| Investigational protein may reverse neurodegenerative diseases
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| An investigational protein that transformed normal laboratory mice into super-jocks holds great promise in developing new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease), say researchers at the University of Virginia Health System.
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February 25, 2009 |
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| Lou Gehrig's Disease In Humans Genetically Linked To Dog Disease
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| An incurable, paralyzing disease in humans is now genetically linked to a similar disease in dogs. Researchers from the University of Missouri and the Broad Institute have found that the genetic mutation responsible for degenerative myelopathy (DM) in dogs is the same mutation that causes amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the human disease also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. As a result of the discovery researchers can now use dogs with DM as animal models to help identify therapeutic interventions for curing the human disease, ALS.
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January 23, 2009 |
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| Neuralstem files IND for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis stem cell trial
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| Neuralstem, Inc. announced this morning that it has filed an Investigational New Drug (IND) application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin a clinical trial to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease).
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December 19, 2008 |
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| New Gene Associated With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Identified
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| A collaborative research effort spanning nearly a decade between researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and King’s College London (KCL) has identified a novel gene for inherited amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease). This is the fourth gene associated with familial forms of the devastating neurological disorder.
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March 2, 2009 |
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| Novel Human Stem Cell-based Model Of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Opens Doors For Rapid Drug Screening
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| Long thought of as mere bystanders, astrocytes are crucial for the survival and well-being of motor neurons, which control voluntary muscle movements. In fact, defective astrocytes can lay waste to motor neurons and are the main suspects in the muscle-wasting disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
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December 4, 2008 |
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| Spinal Fluid Proteins Signal Lou Gehrig's Disease
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| High levels of certain proteins in the spinal fluid could signal the onset of Lou Gehrig's disease, according to researchers. The discovery of these biomarkers may lead to diagnostic kits for early diagnosis, accurately measuring the progression of the disease and monitoring the effects of treatment.
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January 29, 2009 |
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| Stem cell therapy used to fight amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
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| A team of Utahns is collaborating on a stem cell therapy to fight amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
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April 21, 2009 |
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| Stephen Hawking serves as role model for ALS patients
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| Besides charting the nature of space and time and penning the bestseller "A Brief History of Time," Stephen Hawking has another distinction: He beat the life-expectancy odds for people with ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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April 22, 2009 |
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| Unexpected protein-protein interaction suggests new ALS drug target
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| Discovery of an unexpected protein-protein interaction has led University of Iowa scientists and colleagues to identify a drug that slows the progression of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) in mice and nearly doubles the animals' lifespan.
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January 28, 2008 |
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