Fighting to Find Cure for Als

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CORONA - Having lost her mother, brother and cousin to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Laura Stanley is in constant agony over which family member might next be diagnosed with ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

Dating back to the early 1900s, Stanley said she has had more than 30 family members die because of the disease.

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Fighting to Find Cure for Als

"I know I am not carrying the gene, but every day I live in fear that it's going to be my sister," the 47-year-old Corona resident said.

So far, her sister has not shown any symptoms o...

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