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Below is a summary of media coverage from various sources of recent studies by researchers at Harvard and Columbia Universities in which adult skin cells taken from two patients with ALS, commonly known as Lou ...

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A team of researchers from Harvard and Columbia University Medical Center have reprogrammed skin cells from an 82-year-old woman suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis to generate first stem cells and ...

A team of researchers from the Harvard Stem Cell Institute and Columbia University, in a collaboration catalyzed by the Project A.L.S./Jenifer Estess Laboratory for Stem Cell Research, has demonstrated that ...

You can think of it as recreating a deadly disease in the Petri dish. Scientists have grown motor neurons by "reprogramming" skin cells taken from a patient with the neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic ...

We recently told you about the worries triggered by Steve Jobs' skinny appearance among Apple shareholders and customers that something is seriously wrong with the Apple co-founder. A Jobs was diagnosed with a ...

A DECADE ago, when Daniele Piomelli went to scientific conferences, he was often the only researcher studying cannabinoids, the class of chemicals that give marijuana users a high.

A DECADE ago, when Daniele Piomelli went to scientific conferences, he was often the only researcher studying cannabinoids, the class of chemicals that give marijuana users a high.

A DECADE ago, when Daniele Piomelli went to scientific conferences, he was often the only researcher studying cannabinoids, the class of chemicals that give marijuana users a high.

A DECADE ago, when Daniele Piomelli went to scientific conferences, he was often the only researcher studying cannabinoids, the class of chemicals that give marijuana users a high.

A DECADE ago, when Daniele Piomelli went to scientific conferences, he was often the only researcher studying cannabinoids, the class of chemicals that give marijuana users a high.

A DECADE ago, when Daniele Piomelli went to scientific conferences, he was often the only researcher studying cannabinoids, the class of chemicals that give marijuana users a high.

A DECADE ago, when Daniele Piomelli went to scientific conferences, he was often the only researcher studying cannabinoids, the class of chemicals that give marijuana users a high.

Waltham, MA-Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a fatal neurodegenerative disease caused by the death of motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord that control ...

We support efforts by many, including at least one local resident, to establish a national registry of people with Lou Gehrig's disease.

We support efforts by many, including at least one local resident, to establish a national registry of people with Lou Gehrig's disease.

The wheels on Bob Schmehl's walker move slowly as he takes tiny - though determined - steps through his living room.

Ben Byer was 31 when he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, and given two to five years to live.

For years, only veterans of the Gulf War suffering from ALS were provided maximum benefits from the department of Veterans Affairs.

ALS is a progressive degenerative neurological disorder that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord.