41. ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also is known as Lou Gehrig's disease. 42. Hunter, a North Carolina native who died in 1999 after battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. 43. Patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis also contain less RNA in their motoneurons than normal individuals. 44. Becker's performing career was cut short by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ( ALS ). 45. He missed the entirety of their 2014 15 league conquest due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. 46. It has also shown efficacy in the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in animal models. 47. She played a female patient who suffered from the rare disease of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. 48. In 2016, it was announced that he had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ( ALS ). 49. The cause was amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Lou Gehrig's disease, his family said. 50. The cause was amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which is known as Lou Gehrig's disease.