My first job out of university was as a developer at www.als.net. In the 1.5y that I was there I saw two of these "breakthrough" studies that got patients' hop

My first job out of university was as a developer at www.als.net. In the 1.5y that I was there I saw two of these "breakthrough" studies that got patients' hopes up but amounted to nothing. I'll withhold my enthusiasm, though I sincerely hope this is one that leads to a cure. It's horrible, and research is underfunded due to its status as an orphan disease[1]. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare_disease https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare_disease