[HN Gopher] Western University researchers unlock potential 'cur...
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       Western University researchers unlock potential 'cure' for ALS
        
       Author : amichail
       Score  : 5 points
       Date   : 2024-05-14 21:20 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (london.ctvnews.ca)
        
       | WarOnPrivacy wrote:
       | _The next step in research was using mice, where a mouse named
       | Lucy who had been genetically modified to have ALS was given both
       | treatments._
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       |  _Her sister did not receive the treatment and died, whereas Lucy
       | lived through experimentation and according to Strong was "doing
       | fine"._
       | 
       | One team's research has progressed to publishing a paper. I'm a
       | little distressed CTV would broadcast so little as a Potential
       | Cure. Even if there's a non-zero chance of being right.
       | 
       | I lost a friend to ALS. He let me keep an office in his home and
       | I saw the day to day. It is a truly rough road.
       | 
       | He certainly didn't appreciate the over-amplified hope that
       | invariably follows these horrific disorders.
        
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