AdvertisementPatients Vulnerable When Cash-Strapped Scientists Cut CornersSeptember 15, 2014Richard HarrisfacebookEmailTom Murphy, 56, in his home in Gainesville, Va., was diagnosed with ALS four years ago. An experimental drug seems to have slowed the progression of his disease, he says, though most ALS patients aren't as lucky. (T.J. Kirkpatrick for NPR)
