Drug that stops ALS progression found using iPS cells from patients

I am keeping my fingers crossed on this! ALS is a horrific disease and potentially being able to stop the progression of it will be a godsend for those afflicted!

Science over SNS any day!

Kudos to science and those dedicated researchers who are working on it!

Lost a friend to it. She was 33. Took her within 6 months. A runner and in excellent shape.

Science always rocks and with the use of super fast computers real things can be done for people rather than war.

I'm proud to see Japan make progress on such terrible disease.

ALS is among the worst thing that can affect a human. Men are 3x more likely to get it.

95% of people die in 2 to 3 years. No cure, no treatment worth the time.

Majority of cases is not from family history, it's random from the environment, professional athletes get it more, brain injury repeat can get it more, working in certain fields can get it more, serving your country in the military you have a higher chance.

Please keep up the work, invest the necessary resources so we can change the world for the better.

This is very hopeful news. Keeping my fingers crossed.

I think that this is a big news worth (more) reporting.

Five out of nine is perilously close to 50/50, but still it seems really hopeful. More power to their elbows!

God bless the researchers. I hope this possible treatment works and gets approved quickly.

God bless the researchers. I hope this possible treatment works and gets approved quickly.

But I thought your god hates stem cells. That must put people in a bit of a bind, having to choose between their health and their god.