December 28, 2009
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Machine Translates Thoughts into Speech in Real Time

Some more exciting research news to end the year. By implanting an electrode into the brain of a person with locked-in syndrome, scientists have demonstrated how to wirelessly transmit neural signals to a speech synthesizer. The "thought-to-speech" process takes about 50 milliseconds – the same amount of time for a non-paralyzed, neurologically intact person to [...]

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December 28, 2009
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How am I doing? December Edition

There isn’t a major change from last month except that I need help with feeding now. I can still feed myself but my hand tires quickly, so I need extra help. Apart from this life is pretty good. There are banana trees and coconut trees around the house here. All this ensures that I have [...]

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December 12, 2009
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Research News: MicroRNA-206 Delays ALS Progression

Another interesting research news, this time it involves RNA. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by loss of motor neurons, denervation of target muscles, muscle atrophy, and paralysis. Understanding ALS pathogenesis may require a fuller understanding of the bidirectional signaling between motor neurons and skeletal muscle fibers at neuromuscular synapses. Here, we [...]

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December 12, 2009
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New Drug: SB-509

Looks like there is a new drug in pipeline which can help me. I am so excited! Muscle function was assessed by muscle manual testing (MMT), a commonly used ALS endpoint which uses a manual method of functional assessment of 34 muscles over the whole body. In addition, a subset of subjects that showed an [...]

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December 10, 2009
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Life in Mumbai

Looks like I was able to beat Wisconsin winters in a big way. While it’s snowing in Madison, here in Mumbai it’s tropical. Life in Mumbai is pretty relaxing. Initial few days were rough as folks around me couldn’t figure how to help me in the best possible way. I too was bit tired and [...]

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