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...from waiting for more research, Huang is branching out. Eighteen months ago he began performing the surgery on patients suffering from the degenerative disease ALS, better known as Lou Gehrig's disease. ALS kills most victims within five years. By transplanting OEG cells to just below the cortex of the brain and in the spine, Huang claims to have slowed the progress of the disease in "several" of his 40 patients, and offers video evidence of one who regained the ability to walk. Another patient, Chicago-based playwright Ben Byer, was diagnosed with ALS in 2002 and underwent surgery...
Though he had set out for New York City to make it as a jazz drummer, Ernesto Perez-Carillo Jr. returned to Miami when his father came down with Lou Gehrig's disease. In the midst of negotiations to sell the business, "something came over me," says Perez-Carillo. He persuaded his father to decline the offer and turn the business over to him. Ernesto Sr. died in 1980. El Credito's focus on premium lines paid off in the early '90s, gaining the company notice during the cigar boom. An article in Cigar Aficionado magazine sparked a flood...
Princeton, which plays Cornell in four games next weekend, just needs to take one to clinch the Lou Gehrig division...
DIED. BRUCE EDWARDS, 49, left, longtime caddy for former Masters champion Tom Watson; 15 months after being diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease; in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Despite his deteriorating condition, Edwards--buoyed by cheers from the gallery--helped Watson complete one of his best-ever seasons last year...
Over in the Lou Gehrig division, the biggest story is the struggles of eight-time defending division champion Princeton...