News articles tagged with 'ALS' (Page 3)
Neurones created from skin cells of elderly ALS patients
— 1 Aug 2008 17:25 | HealthLess than 27 months after announcing that he had institutional permission to attempt the creation of patient and disease-specific stem cell lines, Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI)…
Protein plays Jekyll and Hyde role in Lou Gehrig's disease
— 29 Jul 2008 12:27 | HealthAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a fatal neurodegenerative disease caused by the death of motor neurones in the brain and spinal…
Researchers probe geographical ties to ALS cases among 1991 Gulf War veterans
— 23 Jul 2008 13:47 | HealthResearchers from Duke University, the University of Cincinnati (UC) and the Durham Veterans Administration Medical Centre are hoping to find a geographical pattern to help explain why…
Genetics of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis progression
— 2 Jun 2008 18:16 | HealthAn upcoming paper from Drs. Hidenori Ichijo and Hideki Nishitoh (The University of Tokyo) and colleagues lends new and valuable insight into the genetics of ALS. Amyotrophic lateral…
Targeting astrocytes slows disease progression in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
— 3 Feb 2008 18:00 | HealthIn what the researchers say could be promising news in the quest to find a therapy to slow the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease, scientists…