ALS in Stephen Hawking’s Words
Stephen Hawking is an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology within the…
Articles by Marta Ribeiro
Driving Toward a Cure for ALS
“Johns Hopkins neurologist, Jeffrey Rothstein, explains how sticky DNA causes ALS. He shows how one drug he identified works…
Stem Cell Implications for ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis)
In this video from 2009, researchers and doctors are working together at Johns Hopkins to explore the impact of…
Treating ALS with Stem Cell Injections: A Clinical Trial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5OoXkNIvHA Dr. Eva Feldman, a neurologist, researcher and director of the A. Alfred Taubman Biomedical Research Institute at the University…
ALS Foundation Netherlands Campaign
ALS, or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, makes all of your muscles stop, one by…
Gloria and Me – ALS Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFHH6Ao2WFw Diagnosed with ALS, Gloria Taylor (1948-2012) spent what would be the last year of her life fighting a very…
Treatment Options for ALS Patients
The solvable tragedy of Lou Gehrig’s disease: all 35,000 current ALS sufferers in the U.S. and 600,000 worldwide will…
What is ALS and the Ice Bucket Challenge?
In this 2014 video, Mashable takes you back to the first edition of the Ice Bucket Challenge and how…
Lou Gehrig’s Disease: Progress and Promise in Stem Cell Research
CIRM has funded the ALS Disease Team led by scientists at UC San Diego, The Salk Institute, and Life…
ALS/Lou Gehrig’s Disease: Cause and Cure?
“This video explores a highly compelling cause of ALS, how it may have given Lou Gehrig himself ALS, and …