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#85 The Reversal

Jan 18, 201731 min
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Episode description

For years, Dr. Richard Bedlack has hunted for a cure for ALS, a fatal degenerative disease. And then one day he builds a website called ALS Untangled. That's when strange things start to happen. Reported by Peter Andrey Smith and Reply All producer Sruthi Pinnamaneni.

Further Reading

The ALS Untangled website

Dr. Richard Bedlack’s ALS Reversals website

The PatientsLikeMe website

The ALS TDI website

Nelda Buss wrote a book, You Can Walk, about her experience, and she originally appeared on Fox in 1992

Eric Valor’s website

Angelina Fanous’s reporting on VICE and The New York Times

Peter Andrey Smith’s website

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