The toxin BMAA found in cycads is thought to have given the Chamorro people of Guam a higher incidence of a form of this disorder, Lytico-Bodig Disease.
Ryuji Kaji and Yuishin Izumi are currently studying the effects of methylcobalamin on this disorder, that's been linked to mutations in the gene SOD1. The toxin BMAA found in cycads is thought to have given the Chamorro people of Guam a higher incidence of a form of this disorder, Lytico-Bodig Disease. It comes in bulbar and limb onset forms, and the drug Riluzole delays the degeneration of motor neurons that leads to muscle atrophy.  Leading to a speech that contained the memorable line today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth, for 10 points, identify this degenerative disease afflicting Stephen Hawking that is also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease.
Ryuji Kaji and Yuishin Izumi are currently studying the effects of methylcobalamin on this disorder, that's been linked to mutations in the gene SOD1.
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis [accept Charcot's Disease or Lou Gehrig's Disease before mentioned]