Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that causes the muscles to slowly shut down. Swiss Medica shared this video where a patient from the UK talks about how an alternative treatment with stem cell therapy has helped and improved her life with ALS.
Scientists are constantly looking for new ways to make medicine more personalized. One way they are doing this is by researching stem cells. These researched cells are undifferentiated, which means they don’t have a specific job or function because of this they have the potential to become other kinds of…
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a disease that progressively shuts down your muscles by attacking certain cells in the brain and spinal cord needed to keep our muscles moving. Eventually, patients will lose their mobility, have trouble moving, walking, swallowing and even breathing. In this video, shared by …
In this video from Philly Philms, watch how the evolution of technological devices are now providing a way for people with low mobility in their upper-body to be able to communicate with other people with the help of assistive technology. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)…
Tecla is for anyone who finds it difficult to use an iOS or Android touchscreen device. This includes people who have their mobility limited, especially their upper-body – such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients. Get Tecla is the youtube channel of The Tecla…
Dr. Joe Beckman, PhD, at the Oregon State University, has been studying the chemistry of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis for quite a while. Together with other researchers, Dr. Beckman has been able to demonstrate a treatment which can dramatically extend the survival rate of laboratory mice who…
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a rare, incurable disease which slowly takes control of your body by paralyzing your muscles one by one. In this video from Muna Baradi, find out more about eyeclickdonation.org, an initiative designed to help you gain understanding of how it is to live…
In this video, watch some gentle chair exercises for people living with ALS. Dagmar Munn shared this video in 2015, where she demonstrates some gentle exercises directed at patients with low mobility. They are really simple, slow, easy-to-follow sequences of movement that provide a break from…
In 2015, the Wyss Institute shared this video where they present a soft robotic glove which could lead to a dramatic improvement of day-to-day life for ALS patients. The glove could be an assistive device used for grasping objects, which would be seen as a great…
This is a video from wwwBMDIGIcom. Watch it to learn a bit more about “The DC/MD/VA Chapter”, which “supports people living with ALS and their loved ones through services and education in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia.” Read…
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