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Breakthrough technology enables communication in late-stage ALS

February 1, 2017

Groundbreaking research has discovered a way for people with late-stage ALS to participate in meaningful communication through the use of a brain-computer interface. This technology could revolutionize lives and offer hope to more than 12,000 individuals in the United States with the disease.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a rapidly progressive and rare neurological disease that causes the gradual degeneration and death of motor neurons. Motor neurons are nerve cells located in the brain, brain stem, and spinal cord.

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