Western University researchers unlock potential 'cure' for ALS (1 Viewer)

[Allan]

This is amazing. Western University may have discovered a treatment then not only halts the progression of ALS, but could reverse the disease.

Western University researchers unlock potential 'cure' for ALS

New research out of London, Ont.'s Western University is shedding light on a potential cure for ALS, with the goal of conducting human clinical trials within the next five years.

london.ctvnews.ca

 

[Checkerboard Strangler]

This is amazing. Western University may have discovered a treatment then not only halts the progression of ALS, but could reverse the disease.

Western University researchers unlock potential 'cure' for ALS

New research out of London, Ont.'s Western University is shedding light on a potential cure for ALS, with the goal of conducting human clinical trials within the next five years.

london.ctvnews.ca

I'm always afraid to get my hopes up with headlines like these.
My wife has MS...her BROTHER has ALS.
She is messed up enough but he's way worse off than she is.
Plus, she's 57 and she has been in the chair since 1996, he just became completely disabled three years ago and he is seven years older than she is.

But, grain of salt, and maybe we can dare to hope.

 

[Allan]

I'm always afraid to get my hopes up with headlines like these.
My wife has MS...her BROTHER has ALS.
She is messed up enough but he's way worse off than she is.
Plus, she's 57 and she has been in the chair since 1996, he just became completely disabled three years ago and he is seven years older than she is.

With a 5 year lag before clinical trials this won't be an immediate relief unfortunately.

But, grain of salt, and maybe we can dare to hope.

What is exciting about this is the science of understanding protein interactions.

Google's Deepmind has so far modeled 200 million proteins and recent work demonstrates proteins can be 'customized'.

The future is going to be very interesting, fast.