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Denning lives in Georgia and helps care for her mother, who has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease.
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Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 14 June 2025
Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking was diagnosed with ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease) in 1963.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 19 May 2025
The company is focused on something called Raman spectroscopy, which has been shown to help diagnose ALS, also called Lou Gehrig's disease, as well as some forms of cancer.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 10 May 2025
But losing the grant means having to pare back on work already underway, developing diagnostic tests for diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
—Karen Weintraub, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
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Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 14 June 2025
Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking was diagnosed with ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease) in 1963.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 19 May 2025
The company is focused on something called Raman spectroscopy, which has been shown to help diagnose ALS, also called Lou Gehrig's disease, as well as some forms of cancer.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 10 May 2025
But losing the grant means having to pare back on work already underway, developing diagnostic tests for diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
—Karen Weintraub, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
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Lou Gehrig's disease
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Lou Geh·rig's disease
ˌlü-ˌge(ə)r-igz-, -ˌga(ə)r- 
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