Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

state of utter curiosity. An outstanding Yankee’s baseball player, Lou Gehrig, fell victim to an obscure disease at the age of thirty nine that left many with unanswered questions. His demise lead to research into what are now known as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) that have notably become more and more prominent and destructive in athletes even up to this day. ALS is a horrific disease in which the mind stays, but the body does not. As the…

In today’s day and age, it seems that everything is revolved around social media. From posting about your day to uploading a video of you graduating, social media has taken on the role of being part of your everyday lives. Social media has so many great aspects that make living without it feel like we are in the Stone Age. One of the greatest aspects is the ability to interact with anyone anywhere. With social media, you have the ability to catch up on events or communicate with friends from…

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Intellia Therapeutics, Inc (Rockoff). CRISPR technology is currently being used to genetically engineer mice and other animals so that they have human-like diseases that researchers can study. This technology is allowing the study of Amyotrophic Lateral sclerosis which, up until now, has lacked good animal models (Rockoff). Researchers, while excited about this breakthrough, are still trying to figure out the best way to deliver the drugs to the cells that are being targeted. Two…