In 2020, Rakesh Parekh, M.D., was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Worsening over time, ALS affects control of the muscles needed to move, speak, eat and breathe. Dr. Bjorn Oskarsson, a Mayo Clinic neurologist, and colleagues have spent their careers looking for answers and options for people diagnosed with ALS. "We worked with our outside partner to develop an individualized treatment made just for him," says Dr. Oskarsson. The therapy aims to stop protein production by targe