ALS

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as Motor Neuron Disease (MND), Mal Charcot, or Lou Gehrig’s Disease, is a life threatening neurodegenerative disease. ALS causes the progressive loss of nervous system control of voluntary muscle systems by breaking down of motor neurons in the nerve cells in the brain and spinal core. It affects one in every 100,000 people, more men than woman, and symptoms don’t usually develop until sufferers are …

…that inherited ALS but not Bcl-2. This study suggests that gene therapy either with Bcl-2 or with another gene capable of preventing cell death could help delay the onset of ALS. The finding could also lead to the development of drugs that mimic proteins produced by Bcl-2 or other protective genes. ALS is a terrible debilitating disease that we are only beginning to understand, and hopefully with new genetic technology we can find a cure.