The bleachers at Wrigley Field were filled with fans sporting a blue shirt on Thursday night. On this occasion, they were not simply Cubs Ts, but ones dedicated to raising awareness on Lou Gehrig Day.
Back in 2014, millions of people poured icy water over their heads to spread ALS awareness and support research for the devastating neurodegenerative disease.
Ady Barkan, 38, is a political activist and co-founder of Be a Hero, a political action committee that supports liberal candidates and causes. As an organizer for the Center for Popular Democracy in 2017, Barkan confronted then-Sen. Jeff Flake on a plane about his vote on a tax bill, an encounter that was captured on a video and went viral.
Results from this study showed plasma phosphorylated tau (p-tau181), was higher in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis than in patients without ALS.
In patients with ALS, plasma p-tau181 was associated with lower motor neuron (LMN) signs in cervical, thoracic, and lumbosacral regions, and was associated with neuron loss in the spinal cord but not the motor cortex.
On March 30, an FDA advisory panel voted 6 to 4 against recommending approval of what might be the most effective treatment to date for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The panel’s decision is not binding, and the FDA could disregard its recommendation when it issues its final decision on the treatment, called AMX0035, in June
For more than two years since my diagnosis, I willed myself to stay focused on the present. I knew this disease would kill me. But I fixed my eyes on the ground in front of me and refused to lift my gaze to the black clouds.
Hundreds of people raised money Saturday to find a cure for ALS, a deadly disorder that affects the nerves and muscles, eventually taking away someone’s ability to walk, talk and even breathe.