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Better known as lou gar rigs disease. the nerveses in the spine and muscle movement destroyed. when the brain can no longer tell the muscles to move, they wither away. eventually the die afram as well, which pulls and pushes air into the lungs. think about that. the brain is fine but you simply cannot breathe. john knows there is no cure for als, and so does his wife and his two daughters. >> my first thoughts were, i hid it from my girls to see me go through this. >> reporter: so today is an historic day. it's the first clinical trial for fetal stem cells in adults. >> it's remarkable, obviou...
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