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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.
Jan 7, 2012 · The disease causes weakness of either upper motor neurons or lower motor neurons or both. It's been known for quite some time that there are variants of ALS. One is referred...
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How Hawking's disease progressed. 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).
Mar 15, 2018 · 02:07. How Stephen Hawking transformed the world of science. 02:08. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS is one of several types of motor neurone diseases. It gradually and inexorably...
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Progression of this neuromuscular disease affects the motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord that are responsible for transmitting signals to voluntary muscles in the body. ALS is characterized by gradual weakening due to the withering of muscle, causing difficulty speaking, swallowing, and eventually even breathing.
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- 2019
Mar 19, 2018 · Hawking, whose brilliant mind ranged across time and space though his body was paralyzed by disease, died early Wednesday, March 18, 2018, a University of Cambridge spokesman said. He was 76 ...
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 ...
