Comments on: Turning Skin Cells Into Nerve Cells to Study Lou Gehrig’s Disease http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/08/01/researchers-turn-a-skin-cell-into-a-nerve-cell-to-study-lou-gehrigs-disease/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day\'s most compelling topics. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:28:01 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Murat Bayramoglu http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/08/01/researchers-turn-a-skin-cell-into-a-nerve-cell-to-study-lou-gehrigs-disease/comment-page-1/#comment-2704 Murat Bayramoglu Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:18:16 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/08/01/researchers-turn-a-skin-cell-into-a-nerve-cell-to-study-lou-gehrigs-disease/#comment-2704 I'm very excited about this new step. I've been following almost every single promising news about treatment of ALS and I think this work is one of the most encouraging news that I have heard over the last three years since my brother (ex-pilot) diagnosed with ALS. Six thousand people are estimated to be diagnosed with ALS in Turkey every year. Is there any hope in the near future that we can look into for my brother? I’m very excited about this new step. I’ve been following almost every single promising news about treatment of ALS and I think this work is one of the most encouraging news that I have heard over the last three years since my brother (ex-pilot) diagnosed with ALS. Six thousand people are estimated to be diagnosed with ALS in Turkey every year. Is there any hope in the near future that we can look into for my brother?

]]> By: Kathy Webb http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/08/01/researchers-turn-a-skin-cell-into-a-nerve-cell-to-study-lou-gehrigs-disease/comment-page-1/#comment-2466 Kathy Webb Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:31:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/08/01/researchers-turn-a-skin-cell-into-a-nerve-cell-to-study-lou-gehrigs-disease/#comment-2466 This sounds encouraging. I lost my Mother at age 61 yrs. old in December 1999 to this horrible and unfair disease (Amotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease). I hope they find a cure for this. I hope to hear more about this in the news. This sounds encouraging. I lost my Mother at age 61 yrs. old in December 1999 to this horrible and unfair disease (Amotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease). I hope they find a cure for this. I hope to hear more about this in the news.

]]> By: Eileen http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/08/01/researchers-turn-a-skin-cell-into-a-nerve-cell-to-study-lou-gehrigs-disease/comment-page-1/#comment-2463 Eileen Sat, 09 Aug 2008 00:06:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/08/01/researchers-turn-a-skin-cell-into-a-nerve-cell-to-study-lou-gehrigs-disease/#comment-2463 I am very excited about this work, however it is bittersweet for me as we waited for many years for a treatment or cure for my beloved mother who suffered from this dreadful disease for many, hard years on a ventilar and feeding tube. This is the ONLY real hope that I have heard of since she was diagnosed in 1994 and I became acutely aware of this disease. I will be watching this and following the results of the research and I hope and pray that the scientists are able to crack this mysterious illness. Thank you. I am very excited about this work, however it is bittersweet for me as we waited for many years for a treatment or cure for my beloved mother who suffered from this dreadful disease for many, hard years on a ventilar and feeding tube. This is the ONLY real hope that I have heard of since she was diagnosed in 1994 and I became acutely aware of this disease. I will be watching this and following the results of the research and I hope and pray that the scientists are able to crack this mysterious illness.

Thank you.

]]> By: Mandy F. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/08/01/researchers-turn-a-skin-cell-into-a-nerve-cell-to-study-lou-gehrigs-disease/comment-page-1/#comment-2450 Mandy F. Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:29:09 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/08/01/researchers-turn-a-skin-cell-into-a-nerve-cell-to-study-lou-gehrigs-disease/#comment-2450 This sounds very hopeful I am in support of Stem Cell research or any research that will one day cure diseases! My Dad was diagnosed with ALS-Lou Gehrig's disease in 1997 and passed away in 2001 from this devastating disease. He was wheelchair bound similar to Christopher Reeve and had a feeding tube. His mind was unaffected as his body wasted away he was trapped inside a body that eventually would give out! My hope is that with open minds and future research we can find a treatment/cure for this disease as well as other debilitating diseases! This sounds very hopeful I am in support of Stem Cell research or any research that will one day cure diseases! My Dad was diagnosed with ALS-Lou Gehrig’s disease in 1997 and passed away in 2001 from this devastating disease. He was wheelchair bound similar to Christopher Reeve and had a feeding tube. His mind was unaffected as his body wasted away he was trapped inside a body that eventually would give out! My hope is that with open minds and future research we can find a treatment/cure for this disease as well as other debilitating diseases!

]]> By: Michelle Smith http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/08/01/researchers-turn-a-skin-cell-into-a-nerve-cell-to-study-lou-gehrigs-disease/comment-page-1/#comment-2444 Michelle Smith Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:16:29 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/08/01/researchers-turn-a-skin-cell-into-a-nerve-cell-to-study-lou-gehrigs-disease/#comment-2444 I would just like to say that my hopes are great that this will help Huntingtons patients. I lost my uncle to it over a year ago and my aunt is in her 15th or so year of it. I have watched both just fade and there is nothing we can do. Unless you see it first hand you can not understand what this study means. Is there any hope in the near future that we can look into for my aunt? I would just like to say that my hopes are great that this will help Huntingtons patients. I lost my uncle to it over a year ago and my aunt is in her 15th or so year of it. I have watched both just fade and there is nothing we can do. Unless you see it first hand you can not understand what this study means. Is there any hope in the near future that we can look into for my aunt?

]]>