GM604 for Treatment of ALS – A New Hope for Treatment of the Disease?
The average person probably has not given too much thought about ALS, but if you’re looking at this specific of a topic you probably already have an above...
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Perspectives on ALS End of Life Care
Last week, my neurochemistry class studied the debilitating neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Throughout the week, we dove deeply i...
Treatment of ALS With Stem Cells
At the moment, a diagnosis of amyotropic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gherig’s disease, is an incurable neurodegenerative disease that targets motor neu...
ALS Mutations
Many of the neurodegenerative diseases have new information coming out on it. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is one of the diseases that people are aware d...
Will ALS Be Treatable in the Future?
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disorder which affects motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord, resulting in reduced muscle functi...
The Ambivalence of ALS
Stephen Hawking was born on January 8th, 1942 in Oxford, England. He has used his education in physics, mathematics, and cosmology to study the basic laws which...
Socially Unacceptable, Yet Highly Effective: The Tale of Medical Marijuana
Marijuana, or Cannabis, is one of the most widely used illicit drugs in countries throughout the world. THC, the psychoactive element found in recreational (and...
Should Cannabis Be Schedule I?
In 1970, cannabis was placed as a schedule I drug under the Controlled Substance Act (CSA). Schedule I substances are defined by the DEA as drugs without an acc...
Return-to-Play and Second Impacts
In the past, there has been little research done on concussions and what is actually going on in the brain, until recently. Neuroscience research has grown and ...
From a One-Time High to a Lifetime Prison: A Journey of Drug Addiction
Drug addiction brings certain images to mind – and they’re not exactly pretty. Strung out, passed out, bad teeth, bloodshot eyes, destroyed veins. It’s part of ...