Until now, the diagnosis of ALS was considered a death sentence – those affected slowly lose all control of their muscles until they are almost locked in their bodies. But now, in one case in the United States, the progression of the disease appears to have been halted.
“N = 1” – anyone who is even a little familiar with medical statistics will probably frown with concern when reading such an equation. Because N stands, for example, for the number of patients included in a study, for women and men who suffer from certain symptoms or clearly defined diseases, for people on whom a new therapy, possibly also a vaccine, has been applied and has been tested.
Source: Stern
