Patient, doctors encouraged by ALS trial

http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/28/health/early-als-trial-results-encouraging/index.html?hpt=he_c2

Falco, Miriam. "Patient, Doctors Encouraged By ALS Trial." CNN Health. CNN, 28 Sept. 2011. Web. 29 Sept. 2011.

This article is about a clinical trial studing ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease. In 2010 Ted Harada started experiencing weakening of is legs and running out of breath. At first the doctors thought it was Asthma, but a few months later diagnosed him with ALS. He is now apart of the clinical trial in Atlanta at Emory University. The doctors inject neural stem cells into the lower spine. They told participants that it wouldn't cure the ALS or even benefit them, but it would only help them find out more about the disease. Harada hoped that the injections would help but didnt expect them to. But just 2 weeks after the start of the trial he felt like he was improving. Dr. Feldman, President of the American Neurological Association showed the data of the studies at her annual meeting on Monday. She said, "We have cautious optimism that a few of the patients may have slowed in their progression of lower extremity weakness, and one patient may have improved." And only 2 of the 12 participants in the trial have died. One died of ALS and the other died of a heart attck. Harada is very optimistic that the studies will help other patients and lead to more treatments.
This article is not biased. They are just telling the story of a man who has ALS and is doing a clinical trial. They state facts and tell about how the trial works and how it is going. This a heart touching story. Many people have died of ALS and its awesome that they are getting closer and closer to a cure. I dont know if I would want to do a paper on this topic though because it doesn't interest me enough and I'm not sure how much info i could find on this.