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ALS Thinking Cap

Clip | 6m 34s  | Video has closed captioning.

ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, destroys a person's ability to move muscles, to walk and even to talk. But new ground-breaking research at Duke University Medical Center allows a computer to read a patient's mind...giving them a chance to communicate when all other ways have failed. Kelley McHenry has details.

Aired: 08/26/13

Rating: NR

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