February 26, 2009
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Embryonic Stem Cell Alternative Has Another Advance, IPS Cells Yield Nerve Cells

Another research news for the day. This one is really good. I hope they start some sort of trials soon. I am more then willing to be the first participant in the trail. One of the alternatives to the use of embryonic stem cells has made another advance and, this time, induced pluripotent stem cells, [...]

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February 26, 2009
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Research News: Investigational Protein

Some more encouraging research news from UVA. I am just hoping that some sort of cure comes out vey soon. An investigational protein that  transformed normal laboratory mice into super-jocks holds great promise in developing new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease), say researchers at the University of Virginia [...]

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February 22, 2009
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How am I doing

Well in short not good physically. It’s really getting hard to do bathroom stuff and I plan to get some bath aids this week. Even using stairs is getting hard, and so thinking of moving to an accessible apartment temporarily till the house sells. But it’s scary, because I will have to pay for mortgage [...]

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February 12, 2009
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From WCTF.org

Here is another article about how stem cell research is helping rats with ALS! Neuralstem’s patented technology enables, for the first time, the ability to produce neural stem cells of the human brain and spinal cord in commercial quantities, and the ability to control the differentiation of these cells into mature, physiologically relevant human neurons [...]

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February 11, 2009
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ALS News: Scientists gain much-needed insight into MND

From CNS Drug News: It has been found that the signalling molecule, Wnt3, plays a crucial role in creating the connections between nerves and the muscles they control. It does this by assisting another molecule known as Agrin, which co-ordinates construction of the synapse and organises the elements that make up the connection. Without properly-formed [...]

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