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University of Texas ALS study focuses on metal interaction

University of Texas ALS study focuses on metal interaction(0)

May 29, 2009

Researchers at the University of Texas have identified an abnormality in molecules they believe is responsible for one form of Lou Gehrig’s disease.
The molecules, known as immature superoxide dismutase 1 or SOD1, can’t interact normally with metals that provide stability and instead become destructive knots that are seen in one inherited form of amyotrophic lateral [...]

University of Texas ALS study focuses on metal interaction
Barry Winovich Needs To Drink More Coffee

Barry Winovich Needs To Drink More Coffee

Caffeine Appears To Be Beneficial In Males, But Not Females, With Lou Gehrig’s Disease
(Apr. 21, 2009) — Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal disease that damages key neurons in the brain and spinal cord. The disease causes progressive paralysis of voluntary muscles and often death within five years of symptoms. Although ALS (Lou Gehrig’s [...]

PatientsLikeMe Launches Genetics Search Engine for ALS Patients

PatientsLikeMe, the leading online community for people with life-changing conditions, announces the launch of its Genetics Search Engine for its ALS patient community. Through the PatientsLikeMe platform, patients can now share genetic information and find others like them by the gene (and even the specific mutation in that gene) causing their condition.
“This is the world’s [...]

The Seeing-Eye Mouse

The Seeing-Eye Mouse

An innovative camera helps the disabled roam online…
Margrit Betke, a College of Arts & Sciences associate professor of computer science at Boston University, believes the networked world isn’t nearly as inclusive as it ought to be.
“The community of people with severe disabilities is not really well served by computer science,” Betke says. Many people impaired [...]


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