Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: When Nerve Cells Run Out of Power

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a serious disease of the nervous system, in which brain and spinal cord cannot communicate properly with muscles to coordinate body’s movements. Consequently, gradually stop working things like walking, eating, breathing, speaking become more difficult. Many aspects ALS remain mystery, but we know that cells called neurons run out energy patients, resulting loss communication muscles. This happens due defects mitochondria—the tiny structures within our produce energy. Researchers have been hard discover how keep mitochondria healthy, avoid death nerve cells, ultimately restore between