Genetic change extends mouse life, points to possible treatment for ALS
Tuesday, December 9, 2008 - 18:21
in Health & Medicine
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.