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Hello all, I also belong to the ALS Advocacy Community - I received an interesting email this morning - "Mutated nerve cells may play role in Lou Gehrig's disease, researchers say" - Click on the below MSNBC health news link below for the rest of this interesting story. Take care all - Lee...

I know this is a unlikely situation but is anyone else aware of siblings having ALS. My wifes sister was diagnosed with ALS in late 2003. In August of 2006 my wife was diagnosed with ALS. My wifes Neurologist is shocked that both sisters had ALS. My wife had blood drawn to check for the sod1...

My family has SOD1 A4V. Does anyone here have this specific type of ALS? I believe there is only 300-600 people in the world with this kind. Pretty rare, we must all be related somehow. Just curious to know if anyone has it and if they may be related to any Bly's, or just can't trace their...

Check this out. I love studies like this that suggest a natural product readily available in organic form at a reasonable cost may have significant therapeutic benefit for PALS! Here is the abstract: The effect of epigallocatechin gallate on suppressing disease progression of ALS model mice...

My Friend in Med school who is focusing her studies on ALS believes that this study is the most important development in ALS research for some time. The study involved mice subject to a familial form of ALS and the researchers were able to stop the progression of ALS using small interfering...

CytRx Phase II Trial for ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) Expected to Begin After Second Quarter Monday June 20, 8:30 am ET Company responds to FDA request for information regarding arimoclomol CytRx Corporation (Nasdaq: CYTR - News), a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development and...