Compound Shows Potential For Slowing Progression Of Lou Gehrig's Disease
Monday, October 19, 2009 - 18:28
in Health & Medicine
A chemical cousin of a drug currently used to treat sepsis dramatically slows the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, better known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease, in mice. The results offer a bit of good news in efforts to develop a therapy to stop or slow the progression of a disease that generally kills its victims within just a few years.