Sunday, 18 December 2016

What Makes Us Ill? Insights from Learning How to Treat ALS (Motor Neuron Disease)

Venue: The Oratory, Newman College

Presenters: Professor Joe Beckman

Exciting progress has been made in the past year in treating ALS (Motor Neuron Disease) and the underlying basis shows how the body’s own defense systems can amplify most diseases from arthritis to heart disease and neurodegeneration. In this presentation, Professor Beckman will discuss how oxidants cause human disease, in particular, motor neuron disease, also known as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or Lou Gehrig’s disease.

Professor Joe Beckman is the Principal Investigator and Burgess and Elizabeth Jamieson Chair in Healthspan Research, Linus Pauling Institute, at Oregon State University.



from
https://events.unimelb.edu.au/events/7965-what-makes-us-ill-insights-from-learning-how-to-treat

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