halfin
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- Joined
- Jun 29, 2009
- Messages
- 540
- Reason
- PALS
- Diagnosis
- 08/2009
- Country
- US
- State
- CA
- City
- Santa Barbara
I picked up the LA Times this morning and saw a box at the bottom of the front page, highlighting stories that will appear tomorrow in the Sunday edition. One story was "Giving Yourself to Science - ALS patient's body may hold clues to help others in the future". Above it was a picture I recognized. It was BethU from the forums, and her husband Paul.
New members won't remember Beth, who died this spring, but she was a beloved and inspiring member of the forum, full of wit and spirit. Fran and I had a chance to meet her briefly a few weeks before she died. We showed up at her house and dropped off some printouts of forum members expressing their love. It was a real shock when she passed, she had seemed to be doing pretty well when we saw her.
Beth donated her body to science. It is through such donations that many of the most important breakthroughs in ALS research have come, including the recent discoveries of the key role played by a protein called TDP-43.
The article is now available online, but I don't know if non-subscribers can read it. If not, maybe try again tomorrow, or go to the front page of the LA Times website and search for ALS.
In death, a promise for the future - latimes.com
New members won't remember Beth, who died this spring, but she was a beloved and inspiring member of the forum, full of wit and spirit. Fran and I had a chance to meet her briefly a few weeks before she died. We showed up at her house and dropped off some printouts of forum members expressing their love. It was a real shock when she passed, she had seemed to be doing pretty well when we saw her.
Beth donated her body to science. It is through such donations that many of the most important breakthroughs in ALS research have come, including the recent discoveries of the key role played by a protein called TDP-43.
The article is now available online, but I don't know if non-subscribers can read it. If not, maybe try again tomorrow, or go to the front page of the LA Times website and search for ALS.
In death, a promise for the future - latimes.com
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