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  1. Mar 15, 2018 · “One type of ALS is caused by a change in gene A, another by gene B. There are different causes, also, for sporadic ALS,” said Elliott. Over the years there was speculation about...

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  2. Mar 14, 2018 · Hawking’s cause of death was likely amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, a neurodegenerative disease that wears away at nerve and muscle function over time.

  3. Jan 7, 2012 · January 7, 2012. 5 min read. How Has Stephen Hawking Lived Past 70 with ALS? An expert on Lou Gehrig's disease explains what we know about this debilitating condition and how Hawking has...

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  5. Feb 24, 2023 · It causes involuntary muscle contraction, also known as spasticity, alongside weakness and muscle wasting. The disease affects men and women equally. It usually begins in mid-to-late adult life and gets more common with age, although more people appear to be developing MND in early adult life.

  6. Mar 14, 2018 · As slowly as a word per minute, Stephen Hawking used the twitching of the muscle under his right eye to grind out his thoughts on a custom-built computer, painstakingly outlining his vision of time, the universe, and humanity’s place within it.

  7. Mar 14, 2018 · Professor Hawking had just turned 21 when he was diagnosed with a very rare slow-progressing form of ALS, a form of motor neurone disease (MND). He was at the end of his time at Oxford when he ...

  8. Mar 14, 2018 · Hawking, who died on 14 March 2018, was born in Oxford, UK, in 1942 to a medical-researcher father and a philosophy-graduate mother. After attending St Albans School near London, he earned a first ...

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