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Someone Thought Enough to Write About ALS, and It’s About Time

“The book I’m not reading is riveting The book I’m not reading keeps me up at night The book I’m not reading is better than TV Giving me insight.” These lyrics from “The Book I’m Not Reading,” by singer and songwriter Patty Larkin, vaguely describe a literary quest of…

In New Book, ALS Researcher Niels Birbaumer Explores Brain’s Limitless Capacity to Remodel Itself

Neuroscientist and professor Niels Birbaumer, a senior research fellow at Switzerland’s Wyss Center in Geneva, has written a new book investigating the brain’s seemingly limitless capacity  to reshape itself and overcome disease. Birbaumer has conducted research with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients who, because of their progressive motor neuron disease, have…