Good News Notes: “A 36-year-old German man in a completely locked-in state was outfitted with a novel brain-computer interface (BCI) system that relies on auditory feedback. The man learned to alter his brain activity in response to that auditory feedback to compose simple messages. He used this ability to ask for a beer, for his…
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Young Woman With ALS Creates Nonprofit for People Like Her
Good News Notes: “When Leah Stavenhagen was 27, she was living in Paris and traveling through Europe. But an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) diagnosis forced her to give up her job as a consultant with Ernst & Young and dashed her dreams of continuing to work abroad. At the time, she seemed healthy, but she started having…
Press release: A’s, MLB raising money to support fight against ALS
Good News Notes: “The Oakland A’s and Major League Baseball are raising money to support the fight against ALS through the 2019 Winter Meetings Charity Auction. One of the organizations benefiting from the auction is ALS CURE Project, the Stephen Piscotty family nonprofit whose mission is to provide incentive-base grants toward one goal: a cure…