Marta Ribeiro,  —

Marta graduated from Universidade Fernando Pessoa in Porto with a degree in Communication Sciences and a Masters degree in New Communication Technologies. She has experience in social media, worked with several media channels, and has also worked as a freelance photographer and a graphic artist for almost 10 years.

Articles by Marta Ribeiro

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 University of Cambridge. He is also well-known for suffering from ALS – amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a progressive neuro-degenerative disease which affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. ALS…

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 to de-stick the DNA so it no longer globs up proteins in the cell.” Learn more about ALS: https://bit.ly/ALSNewsToday…

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 of Michigan, is the principal investigator for a landmark clinical trial involving patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease. The FDA-approved trial, which is…

ALS Foundation Netherlands Campaign

ALS, or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, makes all of your muscles stop, one by one. Watch this video to learn more about a secret project that ALS Foundation Netherlands launched to raise awareness for ALS. Learn more about ALS: https://bit.ly/ALSNewsToday…

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 public battle for the right to die with dignity. Gloria was at the centre of a successful British Columbia Supreme Court challenge that briefly overturned the ban on assisted suicide;…

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 soon die of their disease while existing therapeutics that might possibly help them remain out of reach unless we solve the barriers to access. Learn how one organization is restoring patients’…

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 it took social media by storm. Mashable Explains takes a look at what ALS is and how it affects the body. Learn more about ALS: https://bit.ly/ALSNewsToday…