Genetic Change Extends Mouse Life, Points To Possible Treatment For Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Wednesday, December 17, 2008 - 23:28
in Health & Medicine
There are many ways to die, but amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, 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.