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ALS stands for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. It is commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig's Disease, named after Lou Gehrig, a hall-of-fame Baseball player for the New York Yankees that was diagnosed with ALS in 1930s. ALS is a neuromuscular disease that degenerates the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord.
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Which condition is commonly known as the Lou gehrig's disease?
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
What is the actual name of the disease commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease?
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
Why stephenhawkings paralysed?
He has a condition called Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis(ALS) which is a disease that destroys the motor neurons of the body which control muscle movement.ALS is commonly known as Lou Gherig's Disease
What is Stephen Hawking's problems?
He suffers from a disease known as als
What condition is known as ALS?
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (or Lou Gehrig's Disease).
Who is a top scientist but disabled?
Stephen Hawking. He has ALS. Answer:- Stephen William Hawking.He is known for his contributions to the fields of cosmology and quantum gravity. Hawking is disabled by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS),commonly known in the U.S as Lou Gehrig's disease. The illness has progressed over the years and he is now almost completely paralysed..
What dieseas does Stephen Hawking have?
Stephen hawking has ALS also known as Lou gherig's disease
Why is the disease ALS also referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease?
That is because when Lou Gehrig, a popular baseball player with the Yankees was diagnosed with ALS, anyone after Lou, who was diagnosed , would be compared to the person, the infamous Lou Gehrig, who in all honesty made ALS known to the public.
What disease did Lou Gehrig have?
Your question should be WHO is Lou Gehrig. He was a famous American baseball player. He was forced to stop playing ball due to an illness, MND.Motor neurone disease (MND) is a neurodegenerative disease that causes rapidly progressive muscle weakness. Specifically, the disease affects nerve cells (motor neurons) that control the muscles that enable you to move, speak, breathe and swallow.MND is also known as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig’s disease.
What are the genes and chromosomes affected by Lou Gehrig's Disease?
Most of the time ALS is not inherited. In about 90% of cases, the person is the only member of the family with the disease. About 10% of cases are considered "familial ALS.
What does Stephen Hawking do?
He is a world renowned scientist, but unfortunantely he is wheel chair bound and unable to speak. he is on a wheel chair and can't speak because of the disease ALS of most commonly know as Lou Gehrig's disease. It is a disease that slowly kills all nerves in the body and eventually kills you. he is the longest known survivor of this disease. And It is very rar for someone as young as he was(21) gets diagnosed with it.
What are some other names for ALS?
It is also known as motor neuron disease and Lou Gehrig's disease, after the baseball player whose career it ended.
