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  2. 5 days ago · Hawking had a rare early-onset, slow-progressing form of motor neurone disease (MND; also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig's disease), a fatal neurodegenerative disease that affects the motor neurones in the brain and spinal cord, which gradually paralysed him over decades.

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    3 days ago · Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as motor neurone disease (MND) or Lou Gehrig's disease in the United States, is a rare but terminal neurodegenerative disorder that results in the progressive loss of both upper and lower motor neurons that normally control voluntary muscle contraction.

  4. May 20, 2024 · However, Hawkings dependence on a series of human and non-human actors is even more explicit than it might be for other scientists, as a scientist living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a motor neurone disease (MND) that slowly erodes muscle control.

  5. 3 days ago · The disease ultimately results in neuromuscular respiratory failure, typically within 2-3 years of symptom onset 2. Stephen Hawking’s case is extraordinary, as he lived with ALS for more than 50 years. ALS is a heterogeneous disease, with patients exhibiting varying degrees of upper and lower motor neuron involvement and variable progression ...

  6. May 16, 2024 · Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, better known as ALS, is a degenerative disease that causes individuals to lose the use of their limbs gradually. The condition became...

  7. May 6, 2024 · Scientist and author Stephen Hawking died at age 76, about 55 years after receiving an ALS diagnosis. Many people with ALS far exceed the average life expectancy. The ALS Association...

  8. 2 days ago · Hawking was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a progressive neurodegenerative disease when he was only 21 years old. Despite continuing with his work throughout this time, his ability to move and communicate deteriorated and he later became reliant on an advanced computer system to connect with people.

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