Boosting protein extends life of Lou Gehrig patients: study

December 11, 2008

A team of scientists from the United States and Uruguay may have found a way to delay the onset of chronic neuron-killing diseases such as Lou Gehrig's disease, one of the researchers said Wednesday.

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Jimee - Dec 11, 2008
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Very interesting and important, but if the authors think 20%of 50 years is 20 years, then perhaps they had better go back and look at the data again.
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