Hawking has survived longer than most people with Lou Gehrig's disease, also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Als attacks nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control the muscles.

霍金比其他同病患者活得更长，“渐动人”疾病也称为肌萎缩侧索硬化症，这种疾病会攻击人体中控制肌肉运动的大脑和脊髓的神经细胞。

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Where are the anterior horn cells in this section of spinal cord? They are absent in a patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

脊髓切片上哪里是前角细胞？对于患肌萎缩侧索硬化(ALS)病人来说，不可能看到前角细胞。

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The immunoreactive dendrite of intermedial and ventral horn extend to the lateral and ventral trace some to the lumbosacral of the spinal cord.

中间带和腹角内的阳性胞体的树突还伸向外侧索和腹索，有时可达脊髓边缘。

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Besides stroke, he says, drugs aimed at the new targets could prove useful for treating spinal cord injuries, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, even epilepsy--because the same toxic cascade that occurs after a stroke also happens after many other types of brain damage.

FORBES: Repairing The Brain

Sangamo BioSciences is going after conditions and diseases for which there are no good drug treatments, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease) and spinal cord injuries.

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Sangamo BioSciences (nasdaq: SGMO - news - people ) is going after conditions and diseases for which there are no good drug treatments, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease) and spinal cord injuries.

FORBES: Gene Drugs For Untreatable Diseases