Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

What The Sports World Is Doing About CTE And ALS In November of 2016 Former NFL Football player, Kevin Turner died of "Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)" at the age of forty-six years old. Shockingly, it was found after his death that he died of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) not ALS. From this new discovery, the idea of ALS and CTE being linked was brought forth. ALS is a disease that attacks and weakens all other parts of the body except the brain, whereas CTE is a brain disease that

In Lou Gehrig’s, “Farewell to Baseball”, he is addressing not only his loved ones, his fans, but the American people who are witnessing his disease take it’s course. Although Gehrig was suffering from the terrible affects of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (later coined “Lou Gehrig’s Disease”), his speech sounds more comforting than it does fearful. Gehrig uses rhetorical devices such as the emotional appeal pathos in order to convey a positive connotation despite the “bad break” he is addressing.

In summer of 2014, a social action went viral on Twitter and Facebook to support and collect donations for the ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) Association for research. This social action consisted of a person being filmed they pour a bucket of ice water over his or her head. The video ends with the person challenging a minimum of three other people to film themselves doing the

Heroes are not always the one who flies around saving the world from evil villains. Heroes can be ordinary people. Or people with brilliant intellects. Providing the world with newfound information about the Universe. Stephen Hawking is one such hero. Born in Oxford London, Hawking worked hard in his career to help make science able to be accessible to everyone, as well as becoming one of the most noticeable cosmologists since Isaac Newton. Stephen William Hawking was born on 8 January 1942 in

Creating cellular model has been a challenging task of a genetic engineer. However, cellular model became a favorite model for biologists due to its inexpensive in generation and maintenance of culture, avoid risk of losing any precious biological material and expedite the various inherent intriguing biological mechanisms at first instance before testing for the in vivo application. Cellular models also provide a great avenue for studying the disease mechanism and drug discovery. To generate the

his postdoctoral research project. He introduced me to laboratory research study and facilitated in the progressive improvement of my comprehension in basic neuroscience research. The initial study that I began working on with Dr. Baker was about lateral habenula’s (LHb) involvement in behavior switching when presented with a cue. The LHb is a structure identified for its role in signaling negative outcomes or cues (Bomberg-Martin et al, 2011; Proulex et al, 2014). It projects to dopaminergic, serotoninergic

issued by the Department of Public Health, and it oil must be in a pharmaceutical container labeled by the manufacturer. Only patients with certain conditions qualify. These conditions include cancer, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), seizure disorders related to epilepsy or head trauma, Multiple Sclerosis, Crohn’s disease, Mitochondrial disease, Parkinson’s disease, and Sickle Cell disease. HB 1 also opens the doors for Georgia Universities to create study programs specifically for the treatment of

Of the three dimensions covered, disability seems to be that is broad. There are so many disabilities many of which I have heard of and some that do not seem as severe as others. Some that can prevent you from living a normal life and some that can be overcome by hard word. Sarah interviewed Tawny who is a thirty-two-year-old special educations teacher who is legally blind. However not fully blind she can still see very little; she would like other to know that there are different forms of blindness

Technology has proved itself do the unexpected for millions of people worldwide. Microsoft has used advertisements to advance their technology in various ways. This commercial, that came out during the super bowl, opens with the former NFL player, Steve Gleason using Microsoft, a form of technology to help his fatal illness, ALS. This commercial also stresses how technology is helpful to people in all aspects of life. It shows how technology has the power to unite people by opening up the way to

The universe is full of mysteries, mysteries people are afraid to know or discover. Noted astrophysicist Stephen Hawking is a firm believer in the black hole and cosmology. Stephen Hawking has had a significant impact on society because he overcomes his disability, creating theories of the black hole and is the author of several popular books. Hawking was born on January 8,1942. He was the oldest of four children with parents that both graduated from Oxford. Neighbors would always say all the kids