Biden also signed a separate bill Thursday funding research into a cure for Lou Gehrig's disease

.... Biden also signed a separate bill Thursday funding research into a cure for Lou Gehrig's disease

( ALS), known in the United States as Lou Gehrig’s disease.... After being diagnosed in November

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The drug has been found capable of curbing the abnormal agglomeration of protein that causes the progressive neurodegenerative disease, the state-run university in northeastern Japan said.... The fatal disease is characterized by the aggregation of ubiquitinated proteins in affected motor neurons, but the research team was successful in curbing the aggregation of proteins in mice with lab-grown ALS by administering the drug candidate.... The research team aims to start clinical trials involvin

TOLEDO, Ohio--Gay rights advocate Jim Obergefell, whose name was atop the U.S. Supreme Court case legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide, announced Tuesday that he's running for a seat in the Ohio legislature. Obergefell, a Democrat, said he wants Ohio to be a place where people feel they have equal opportunity.He was the lead plaintiff in the landmark 2015 ruling that put an end to same-sex marriage bans, turning him into one of the most visible figures in the marriage-equality movement. Oberg

Those nerve cells lose their ability to initiate and control muscle movement, which can lead to paralysis and death.... Biden also thanked the lawmakers behind the legislation, including its 331 co-sponsors in the House and 64 in the Senate, listing individual members and their respective parties in his thanks.... " If you're wondering why I'm saying whether they're Democrats or Republicans--to make the point when we act together, we get things done, and this is totally, totally, totally a bip

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But FDA agreed to convene the panel of outside advisers after ALS patients and advocates submitted a 30, 000-signature petition seeking a public meeting.In the last year, the FDA has approved two new drugs for ALS, after a nearly 20-year drought of new options.... The approvals followed intense lobbying by advocacy groups.... Approving one like this would get in the way of that, ” said Dr....

Edward Chang, a neurosurgeon at the University of California, San Francisco, who led the work.... Other devices can pick up patients’ eye movements.... But it’s a frustratingly slow and limited substitution for speech. Tapping brain signals to work around a disability is a hot field....