Researchers at Northwestern University say that they've found a cause for ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) – a deadly neurodegenerative disorder that paralyzes patients.
Until this point, doctors did not know what caused almost 90% of ALS cases (the other 10% are familial). Although the research is preliminary, it gives scientists a fantastic blueprint to work with when working towards finding a cure for the disease, which has a near 100% mortality rate.
Today on American Morning, Dr. Sanjay Gupta talks about this groundbreaking study and discusses how soon we could see the research translate into new drugs and therapies.