Turner suffers from ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
The technique could eventually help people suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and multiple sclerosis.
Today Biogen Idec (BIIB) reported top-line results of EMPOWER, a Phase 3 trial investigating dexpramipexole in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Hawking suffers from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
It's being called a "momentous discovery" by the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association.
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Under the ruling, if Ms Taylor, who has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig's disease, must do so within the year if she chooses.
Sangamo BioSciences is going after conditions and diseases for which there are no good drug treatments, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease) and spinal cord injuries.
Even the national pastime had taken on a melancholy cast: in June, Yankees slugger Lou Gehrig had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, cutting short his extraordinary career.
The illness may also be potentially tied to higher rates of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) -- more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's Disease -- among Gulf War veterans than veterans of other conflicts.
Tony Judt who died in 2010, of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a degenerative disease that completely disables the body while leaving the mind intact shares with Rothkopf an insistent disapproval of the current apotheosis of global finance.
It was brought to national attention in 1939, when famed Yankee baseball player Lou Gehrig's illness was diagnosed as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. Today, the disease is most commonly known by his name.
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"The NFL must open its eyes to the consequences of its actions, " said Kevin Turner, a former running back for the New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles who has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
While it could have been dismissed as ill-fitting dentures, it turned out to be the first sign of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which also causes severe fatigue and odd jags of laughing and crying in its early stages.
Sangamo BioSciences (nasdaq: SGMO - news - people ) is going after conditions and diseases for which there are no good drug treatments, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease) and spinal cord injuries.
Besides stroke, he says, drugs aimed at the new targets could prove useful for treating spinal cord injuries, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, even epilepsy--because the same toxic cascade that occurs after a stroke also happens after many other types of brain damage.
Only a handful of people know this about me, but five years ago, my father died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. This is a fatal disease that literally eats away at a person's muscles until they cannot walk, talk or even breathe.
Aside from the hemophilia drugs, the company is also expecting data from a drug for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and there could be an expert panel for its BG-12 multiple sclerosis pill by the end of the year, with approval expected early in 2013.
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Motor neurone disease is known as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) in many parts of the world, and as Lou Gehrig's disease in the United States, named after the major league baseball player who had to retire from the sport in the late 1930s when diagnosed with the illness.
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The study was based on data contributed by 596 patients with the disease, formally called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS. By showing that the drug didn't have any effect on progression of the condition, it contradicted a small study three years ago that suggested such a benefit was possible.
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